I'm not a professional, but my doc (PCP) told me I had bursitis. After a lot of different anti-inflammatories and blood tests, I have RA. If it is bursitis, the anti-inflammatories should work. If...
Hello everyone. I'm a 35 year old mother of four, a wife to a police officer, and a homeschool teacher. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in March, and finally diagnosed with RA in July. My...
Thank you all so much for responding to my post. I'm sorry that we are all facing the same/similar problem, but I'm glad that we can talk with each other. I'm actually posting on two separate boards...
Yesterday I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I really thought I had arthritis and so did my rheumatologist. However, after 8 vials of blood and a gamut of different tests, he found out that I tested...
I wanted to thank everyone for responding to my original questions, and also for the wealth of information. I did end up going to the doctor for the swelling and he prescribed me 20 mg of Lasix a...
Sherry, Thank you so much for responding. I'm really new to the UC thing so I have a question. What exactly is 6mp? It would be nice if the information for physicians was the same across the board so...
I had my blood taken last week to check for arthritis. The results were as follows: Arthritis Profile Rheumatoid Factor, Quant <20 within range, expected range <30 Uric Acid, 6.2 within range,...
I'm new to all of this so I had a question. What kind of supplements does everyone take? Currently I'm on 40 mg Omeprazole once a day for my stomach issues. I also take one 1000 mg Canasa suppository...
Thank you all so much for the help and warm welcome. It really means a lot to me. I'm not sure if the doctor's office is going to call me about the biopsies, or talk to me about them when I go back...
I had my first colonoscopy yesterday (Friday). I was diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis. Isn't this ulcerative colitis? I'm thinking that the term "proctitis" is defining the location of the problem...