Hi Couchtater I had about the same reaction to Cipro...I had been taking it for about 3 days and woke up one morning and my face was swelled and red like a sunburn, went to the ER. Dr there said it...
Hi Newname, I have a similar story...I was taking Darvocet before they pulled it off the market, I'm now on Lortab 5-325, 2 tablets a day perscribed by my rheumy. I have lupus, Meinere's, COPD and...
Hi Teresa, Love the name....but that's not the only thing we share. First my Rheumy told me that I have a positive ANA which is more than likely Lupus, I also have Meinere's disease. Now she has me...
S.E.F....No I don't have fleas or bedbugs!!! LOL /community/emoticons/nono.gif In fact, got so freaked out bout the bedbug thing that my husband said he was gonna have me committed....cuz there for a...
Hey Alcie, I get the butterfly rash when I take prednisone...but then it goes away when I quit taking it.... I have what looks like spider veins across my cheeks all the time... My PCP took me off...
Good Morning, Alcie There are no bumps or anything. And like ItchySkin says, it will itch like crazy, I'll scratch and then in a few seconds it's back to itching again... Sometimes when I go to sleep...
Hey Itchy, I have the same thing going on...It's really bad at the very tops of my arms...I've had the rheumy and the dermy look at it and they don't know what it is. The Dermy did say that she...
Hi All...Don't think I ever posted on here. Back in May my Rheumy said that my Vit D was low (27), so she had me taking 2000 units a day... well Nov 4th I did more bloodwork and now she says that my...
Hi Gretchen1, No, it wasn't like twitching. More like when you get poked with something sharp. I have felt these in the very top of my head and in my feet. I also get these pains in my left foot that...
Hello, I'm new to this forum. I have been on the lupus forum. I have been having symptoms that were not exactly coming up lupus, that is why I have been reading some of ya'lls post. On the electric...
Hey Ya'll I have a question maybe someone could answer for me. On Apr 22nd I went to my PCP, he asked me what he could do for me since I had just been in there 2 weeks before that. So I asked him if...
hey redrose, are you here in Memphis?...
On the itchness without a rash, I get that too on my upper arms. When I was at the PCP office having my blood pressure checked, I told him that I know that when he takes that cuff off, my arm starts...
Glad you're back home!! Get well, soon!!! love and hugs, msfroggi...
I go to see the Rheumy on Feb 8th to find out the results of my bloodwork.. For about 4 or 5 mornings now I have woken up and both my hands are swelled to the point that it's hard to make a fist....
Hi My husband and I will be married 1 year in March. He had a heart attack right after that, he asked me if I still wanted a broken down old man and I reminded him that I said in sickness and in...
Thanx Carol, I like your attitude. No he didn't check any pressure points that I know of. Oh he did take my left arm and flopped it around. My mother said she didn't see any reason for that. He just...
Hi everyone, Last week I twisted my back and went to see my PCP. He put me on a Medrol pack for a week. No help. Ugh! He also got my Rheumy appt upped from March 26th to this past Friday. Well I go...
Thanx, Carol. I have read enough to know that I will have to go thru some more test to determine my illness. UGH! And I'm not looking forward to that. So I'm game just to find out and get on the...
Thank-you, Bill. Like I said this is all new to me. I've noticed that over the last year I guess I have been having symptoms but didn't know what was going on. I went to my PCP b/c "I just didn't...
Hi, I'm new here but I have been follow some of the forums here for the last month. My PCP did an arthritis test on me and said it was Lupus. My rheumy appt is not til March 26th. My mother and I...