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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2006enlarged salivary gland
something new to worry about. have to schedule a CT to check into an enlarged salivary gland. i think i've had it for a long time, but only recently has it started aching a bit. i have very dry eyes, but my mouth doesn't feel particularly dry. can this be anything unscary? diane, hoping >something new to worry about. I can't remember if you were diagnosed with Sicca syndrome or not, Diane. I found the following website interesting. Check the part about salivary gland swelling: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec08/ch111/ch111a.html HTH Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. thanks for that, rose. i don't know if i have SS. i definitely have the dry eyes and RA. i'm not aware of my mouth being dry, tho. i feel whiney about this. i just got back from my annual pancreatic cat scan at hopkins with the good news that my pancreatic tumor-thingy hasn't grown any since last year, and i felt FREE and now something new. sounds like what everybody else here deals with, doesn't it? misery loves company. diane >something new to worry about. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >diane, hoping I am hopoing for you too, Diane. One of the crummy things about RA is that it has so many hangers on. By 'hangers on' I mean the associated conditions that come as part of the package. It's bad enough having to deal with the RA without all the rest of it. When will you know something? I will be thinking of you. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. RA attacks my salivary glands quite often. Sometimes they just swell up for a few days then it goes away other times they end up infected and I need antibitoics. Just another annoying RA thang I think! ~KJ > something new to worry about. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane, hoping > RA attacks my salivary glands quite often. Sometimes they just swell > up for a few days then it goes away other times they end up infected > and I need antibitoics. Just another annoying RA thang I think! maybe that's it. how did they know it wasn't a tumor or stones? and while i have you here, HOW ARE YOU DOING ON ORENCIA?? diane I had a CT scan of them a loooong time ago, when they first started swelling. Normal. So we blamed it on the RA. Made sense to me. I am doing okay on Orencia. It's not lasting the full month anymore, little less than three weeks now. I really notice it's not working that last week before my treatment. I have my last free treatment next week, then my year study is over and I have to start paying <pout>. I'll probably stay on it as long as it works like it is now, if it loses anymore effectiveness, I am not sure where we'll turn next. ~KJ > > RA attacks my salivary glands quite often. Sometimes they just swell > > up for a few days then it goes away other times they end up infected [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane thanks for the orencia update, KJ. i'm sorry to hear it's doing the fade, like everything else. it gets scary when the options are limited. diane The cat scan showed everything is normal. my doc says the swelling is most likely from secondary sjogrens, since it tends to go up and down. i am relieved. thanks for the good thoughts. diane what a big relief Diane - you probably weren't in any hurry to get in line for another problem. Kelly > The cat scan showed everything is normal. my doc says the swelling is > most likely from secondary sjogrens, since it tends to go up and down. > i am relieved. thanks for the good thoughts. > > diane This is good news to hear Diane. Glad it was not something worse. I know this isn't pleasant but better probably than what you were thinking.  SignatureLove and hugs Jo (\__/) .~ ~. )) /O O ./ .' {O__, \ { / . . ) \ |-| '-' \ } )) Warning: squirrels. .( _( )_.' '---.~_ _ _& > The cat scan showed everything is normal. my doc says the swelling is > most likely from secondary sjogrens, since it tends to go up and down. > i am relieved. thanks for the good thoughts. > > diane > The cat scan showed everything is normal. my doc says the swelling is > most likely from secondary sjogrens, since it tends to go up and down. > i am relieved. thanks for the good thoughts. > > diane Whew! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare prayers coming your way Diane. I am wondering if they are looking for sjogrens. I have been having alot of mouth problems with this virus I had that just came back again. The virus has like allergy sympotms. Have you been having a problem with something like that. SignatureLove and hugs Jo (\__/) .~ ~. )) /O O ./ .' {O__, \ { / . . ) \ |-| '-' \ } )) Warning: squirrels. .( _( )_.' '---.~_ _ _& > something new to worry about. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane, hoping |
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