Hi, Bad Day! I can (and do) completely empathize!! Let me explain so you can see the correlation. Up until February 2013, I had been working full-time in corporate America, working part-time as a...
hi, Roger: OPLL is ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, which I know absolutely nothing about...I am not quite sure which forum would be best for you to post in. I am so sorry to hear...
Hey, GBPackersFan...first...let me say that I am so sorry to hear of your diagnosis...however, let me follow that by telling you that your life is certainly not over. I am 44 and have had Rheumatoid...
Hi, FArthritis...it is so ironic that I saw your post today as I am in the exact situation!...I have had RA since I was two and am now 44...I had a great remission run from about 14 years old to...
Hey, y'all...Badday, I definitely wanted to tell you that you are not alone in feeling like that...I think that, over the past few months, I have been dealing with a small case of depression...I was...
Hi, Badday..Within my circle of family and friends I have only one friend who has Rheumatoid Arthritis so I get most of my knowledge and "inside information", per se, from forums such as this one;...
Alicat, CONGRATULATIONS on stopping smoking!!!! I quite cold turkey in October 2005 so I can relate...take it one hour at a time...but, CONGRATULATIONS again!!!...
Hi, Alicat...forgive me for the long delay in my response to your question regarding Cimzia; I have not been feeling well as of late and have not been online. I was switched to Cimzia in May, I...
Hey, hey....I have been on Cimzia for about four months now...My rheumy just gave me the flu shot a couple of weeks ago...Pneumonia will be next and she gave it to me last year as well (when I was on...
Swon888, I was on Orencia for a little over three years. It did take about six months before it took effect - I had almost given up hope. With regard to the vaccinations, my rheumatologist gave me...
Hey, Vannie...I was started on biologics in 2007; the first being Enbrel which is a self-injectable. Enbrel worked like a charm with one exception; it gave me drug-induced lupus...obvi, I was taken...
Hi, Gypsy...I would find a good gastroenterologist and start there...from all of the narcotics and medications over the years for the R.A., I was diagnosed with gastroparesis in 2009, a pretty severe...
Hi, Lynny23...I have been diagnosed with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (NOT carpal tunnel syndrome), which essentially means the ulnar nerve is being pinched by my inflamed elbow joints (inflamed from the...
Hihi...I have been taking Arava (Leflunomide) 20mg since mid-2007 as I was unable to tolerate MTX, in both pill form and the injectable...I have bloodwork done every three months and my liver...
Hey, y'all...I am new to this community, as well, but I thought I would throw in my two cents...when I flared in 2007, my then-rheumatologist put me on MTX, first the pill and then the injectable...I...
Hi, Dilo88...I am so very sorry that you have been diagnosed with RA at all, let alone at 22 years old...I have to be honest; I do not know what you are going through as I have had it since I was two...
Hi, Alicat...I was on Orencia for three years and the "mystery rash" came and went a few times....I was just switched to Cimzia about five weeks ago, and I had a nasty breakout of the rash which is...
Hihi...I never realized how absolutely ignorant people can be until I flared in 2007 after a good 25 year run and was finally facing bi-lateral total knee replacement....someone actually said that I...
Hey, Crackles...I have had a lot of experience over the past few years with pleurisy and costochondritis...I had episodes of it for almost two years before I ever approached my pulmonologist with...
Hey, Alicat... I wanted you to know that you are not alone with the "mystery rash" syndrome. I tried Enbrel in 2007 and, after about the first month, developed a round, red, raised spot on my left...