Ok... just saw this! I replied in another thread you started. I have to stop seeing "her" because she is no longer taking my insurance. I have been searching for a new one for the last two days, but...
Totally off topic, but our doctor is no longer accepting our insurance after the first of the year. Sooo... I begin the search for a new rheumatologist. Do you know of anyone else or have anyone you...
I am having a c-section the last week of August... so we have 7 weeks left! It has gone so fast! I find her to be very hot and cold if that makes sense. And sometimes I feel like I am walking on...
Pat -- I was on a potassium sparing diuretic until I found out I was pregnant. I was taking 5 potassium pills a day to try to stay in the normal range. It did help! I haven't posted in a while, so I...
I am currently 31 weeks pregnant. I have had 9 ultrasounds, my first was at 6 weeks. I was on daily lovenox injections until 21 weeks and then I had to stop because I had a placental abruption. That...
Hi -- just wanted to tell you that when I was diagnosed, my platelets were also at 5. I was treated with prednisone (100mg a day!-yuck) and Imuran. After about 10 months, the Imuran was causing my...
Pat, I am so sorry you aren't feeling well! I will be thinking of you. I saw Dr. Albert Thursday... I am just liking her so much! I feel like I can really trust her. She set up an appointment with...
Hi Pat! Sorry it's taken so long to write back. I've been incredibly busy with everything! I was having trouble with the plaquenil. We cut back to 200mg a day and I haven't been sick or thrown up...
I've been to Dr. Albert twice, and I am so happy with her! Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you and praying for the best! Heather...
I was on Imuran for about 10 months. I had side effects also - hair loss, nausea, etc. I was eventually taken off of it in July because my WBC had been progressively dropping. If your body can...
I am so glad I got on here tonight! I have been so busy with school, work, teaching kindergarten age twins, etc. My new rheumatologist started me on Plaquenil about a month ago. I started at 400mg...
I'm sorry, Pat! Imuran is what I was on until it was lowering my blood counts. I also had horrible side effects from it, but not quite as bad as it sounds like your's were! I would be nauseous and...
Before I was diagnosed with Lupus, I was losing weight rapidly and I hadn't changed anything I was doing. After getting diagnosed and starting on medicine, the weight loss stopped. Maybe it has...
Thanks everyone... I'm not sure if the Imuran is the cause of the low potassium or not. It finally went up after I went off the imuran though. I'm only taking 3 potassiums a day now. I definitely...
Thanks Carol... I'm in Alva. I'm not sure if you know where that is? All of my family lives in Medford. Thanks for your input... I'll see if I can't try to get the car thing under control!...
So.... about 2 weeks ago I went to Enid to have labwork done. My potassium was low, as always. They upped me to 5 pills a day. Wonderful - they're horse pills and grainy and extremely hard to...
Thanks everyone for your input! I definitely have a love/hate relationship with Prednisone. It saved my life, but I have experienced every side effect possible from it. Bill - I failed to mention...
Hi everyone! I haven't been around much lately. I had my colonoscopy last week. He didn't have to do any biopsies and it wasn't anything major! That was such a relief! I started my third summer class...
I just called the hospital. Since it is outpatient, there is no nurse available to speak with me. However, I did talk to someone in radiology, and she said to keep drinking water and it should push...
BTW... it's almost 8:00, so it has been 6 hours since I drank the mag. citrate and 4 hours since I took the Dulcolax....
Still nothing... there is no number or anything to call if I haven't had a BM by a certain time. I did have one this morning before I started on the laxatives. Could this be why?...
This could be TMI, BUT..... This is the day before my procedure. At 2:00 I drank 10 oz. of Magnesium Citrate. At 4:00 I took 4 Dulcolax. It's 5:40 now and I have not had to use the restroom one time....
Thanks everyone! This makes me feel much better. I will be so glad to get this out of the way and find out what is causing my problem, although I hope it's nothing serious! The nearest hospital is 1...
Hi everyone... Last week my oncologist recommended that I have a colonoscopy. I have had some blood in my stool for about a month and a half. I had a consultation with an internist yesterday, and he...
Diane... I had to cut my hair about a month after I started on Imuran. I was losing too much hair, and with it being so long, it started to look very bad! I cut around 10 inches off. My hair is just...