Erin, poor girl. Take it easy....we know you are thinking of us even if you don't post everyday. Take time to heal....we'll keep rooting for you. Oreo...
Take the feeling and run with it. Whatever it was, it has given you a sense of peace about her passing, that is the most important thing. Yup, getting our lives on track healthwise is always more...
Thanks Ducky!! Oreo...
Nothing is ever a silly question. The only silly/stupid question is the one that is never asked!!!! Welcome to HW anything.... while it is NOT true that cracking your knuckles can cause arthritis it...
Actually there are many days that part of me wishes that I hadn't decided so soon (when most of my friends are getting pregnant these days I wish that I could as well so I could go through a preg....
Camama, you're not prying, I don't mind the q ......to answer your q...I said almost 10 years ago. It is actually 8 years in April (so right now 7y 10ms) My youngest just turned 8 and I had my tubal...
You're right... it should go without saying... but sometimes we just need to remind people to not take everything the see/read here and try it out without consulting a health care professional. I...
Pat, allow my to throw you a big welcome to HW!!!!! Sorry for my tardiness in welcoming you. Christmas season is always very hectic for me and to get an hour on the comp. a day is very hard. So...
Has anyone looked into possible adverse side effects to this med? What about possible contraindications with the other more potent meds/diseases some of us are on/have? This one sounds good but I...
Camama, they don't know for sure if Enbrel has any effect on the developing fetus but they do strongly recommend that you don't get pregnant. You know a tubal is now only a one day thing for us too....
Sweetpea, Erin and Camama have given you some great advice. I have been on the Enbrel for 1 1/2 years. After taking methotrexate by injection for a few months I was used to doing the self injections....
Ditto!!!!!! Oreo...
Doc's went okay....as okay as THAT can be. Talked about hormone stuff. I have 3 options; do nothing, start the "pill", or surgical interventions to look as reasons why. Guess which one I am going to...
Thanks for adding Camama. I agree with you, the compensations that we naturally do to pain can really wreck havoc on our bodies. In fact the compensations often make more problems. I remember when my...
Taintedangel, welcome to HW. I'm glad that you found us and have had the courage to ask your questions. I am 30 (31 next month) and at times I have felt like I am 80. Hang in there. You are not...
Samuel, I answered some of your q's in the thread on RA questions. Check it out if you want. Hope all is going okay with you. Oreo...
Glad to hear. Hope it continues to improve. Great to have you back with us. Oreo...
Samuel, welcome to HW. You have a lot a great questions. I will try to answer some and hope that the others will come along and add their expertise to the answers as well. I'll take them in order....
Tom, how did the retreat go? Did you have to play the heavy? :-) 9th Graders don't get into t-h-a-t much trouble. HaHa. Lead a youth group for a few years and I know ALL about retreats. Days are...
Boo, HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back. I have been wondering how you are. It has been a while. So glad that your surgery went well and you are back up and on your feet. The saying is so...
Blowing and snowing here. The squalls can get pretty bad but we are far enough inland that we don't get the worst of them. :-) Now....2 hours north.....whoowee.....they have got major snow. Right...
Jay4, So sorry to hear that Gracie needed to be admitted to the hospital. I will be praying for her and for your family as well. Know that we are here for you, and we feel your agony over the health...
Camama, really tough call. I am not sure I would want to be the first one to try something just out of testing. Personally (and I do mean that) I would go for the Enbrel first. If after 3-6 months...
Keep trying to find what works for you Tom. You sound as though you are a person that once you set your mind on something you don't give up until you achieve it. Keep it up!!! Those injections are...
Erin, I am so sorry. I wish there was an easier way to get around this. Life is just not fair sometimes. I so wish that anyone who needed disability could get it without having to jump through hoops....
Sorry Craig, we need to find more testostrone for you here. If you have any friends with arthritis send them our way :-) It is great that you have found a med that is working for you and your body is...
Thanks Camama. I will talk to my Dr. about it. He is not really big on the herbal stuff (I think he had a bad experience with one of his patients). I am almost 31 so that is why he keeps saying I'm...
Tom, welcome!!!! It is great that you are still very active at your age. (not meant as a slight at your age :-)) I work in a long-term care facility and see many, many people younger then you who's...
Moanin' all, Craig.....Keep posting please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I went through alot of guilt about being a Mod here while feeling really awesome. It is hard to come and post about feeling good and...
Hi Tonya, Like Ducky I too have been Dx with PA. It is a very difficult disease. As you probably have found out it is one of many diseases that are affected by stress. Not just bad stress either....
Jay4, my heart goes out to you and your family. What an awful crisis to go through. I will keep all of you in my prayers. I can't offer any other suggestions that haven't already been made. Just know...
Hey Erin, guess what????? I never put milk in my mashed potatoes. I can't have milk of any sort so I got used to using the water you boil the potatoes in for the liquid. They are actually really...
ditto Oreo...
Flopsie, you beat me to this one. I got his other 2 Oreo...
Isn't the saying "no pain, no gain?" LOL I absolutely detest that saying. I wish there was something that we could do that helped us AND didn't hurt us. I will be praying for you and your decision on...
Prewitt, I am so sorry for what is going on in your life. I completely understand (as do a lot of us here) the frustration of not being able to do the things that a "normal" person can do at our age....
Flopsie, I am so sorry. I will definately say a prayer for you and your family. You all will be in my thoughts and prayers. I am going to the church this a.m. to help with a luncheon and will mention...
Camama, Erin pretty much said it all. I haven't tried the arm mostly because I find it very akward to hit the fleshy part of the opposite arm. I just do the abd. I alternate sides. Usually I will...
Erin, what else can I say but...wow.!!! You have been so strong through all of this and now you are getting hit with something that is possibly worse. I am so sorry that this has happened to you. Now...
Craig, what no breasts? I love when you hop in here to give your 2 cents worth into a conversation about womanly issues. :-) It is great that you are comfortable with all us estrogen species. Here's...
Sometimes Erin it is all in the motivation. You go girl and knock 'em dead. (Not literally). I am behind you here!!!! You have the determination to do this and do it well. Sometimes the best healing...
Dug, welcome to HW. I too take the enbrel 25's. I have found that injecting in the stomach is the best place. You can rotate the sites like they do for diabetics and hit stomach, arm, thigh and then...
Craig, hear you there. Most days I don't feel sick at all. Those are the days that I also think, "maybe I should try not taking the meds anymore". Been that route. I hate to think that my whole life...
Hey Curley, how is the knee tonight? I've been thinking about you. Hope it is feeling much better. Know that you are in my thoughts. Oreo...
Craig, WAY TO GO!!!! As a wife, I can understand where yours is coming from and as a fellow sufferer, I can wholey understand where you are at. Live for the good days. It is awesome that you could go...
Mela, just a thought.....stand up, bend your knee back, grab your ankle and slowly draw your foot towards your butt. As you do rotate your foot so the arch of your foot lies flat against your...
Hi knit, welcome to the forum. Just like there are many different people in the world (that act the same) that respond differently to different circumstances, there are different meds that are...
Catz, very tardy but let me give you a really big welcome to HW. I am glad that you are fitting is so well here with all us. I hope that the humira kicks in really quickly so you can go off the pred....
Momo, welcome to HW. Sorry for the pain that you are having. I hope that you find relief from it soon. (like, yesterday):) Try to get in to see a rhuemetologist. They will be able to give you advice...
Hi Izzy, just wanted to pop in here and also welcome you to HW. It is nice to have another member from Ontario. I am about 1 hour south-west of Toronto. Just got back from vacation up north of...