My little vist to the doc.

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Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) - 17 Aug 2006 01:59 GMT

I have been feeling miserable with pains in the ankles and shoulder.
Somwhat to my surprise the doc was very pleased that the Methotrexate was
working so well.
The shoulder is, apparently tendonitis, which is no surprise.
The ankle is apparently no surprise and should be walked on as much as
possible. He all but shrugged and said, "Well, you have RA."

I wasn't quite sure how to take it and it didn't make me feel any better.

The only thing that makes my feet feel any better is wearing Kalso Earth
Shoes.

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RoseB - 17 Aug 2006 02:31 GMT

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:59:01 -0700, "Pope Pie \(Sy Lehrman\)"
<jnstewar@midstatesd.spam.net> wrote:

>I have been feeling miserable with pains in the ankles and shoulder.
>Somwhat to my surprise the doc was very pleased that the Methotrexate was
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>The only thing that makes my feet feel any better is wearing Kalso Earth
>Shoes.

Have you had the ankle exrayed? I have had docs say something similar
to me that yours said. Upon exray, though the findings were that there
was more damage than was expected. In end I had to reassure one doc
with such platitudes as "Well you did not know" and etc when he was
upset by explaining how much damage there was.

Not that I am wishing that upon you and my hope is that it is "just
RA" and not damage from it.
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Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) - 17 Aug 2006 03:27 GMT

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:59:01 -0700, "Pope Pie \(Sy Lehrman\)"
> <jnstewar@midstatesd.spam.net> wrote:
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> with such platitudes as "Well you did not know" and etc when he was
> upset by explaining how much damage there was.

His cavalier unconcern was somewhat reassuring for some reason, but it still
hurts and has been since June when I stepped off of a porch a little hard
and it started this.

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Nann Bell - 17 Aug 2006 04:21 GMT

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:27:19 -0400, Pope Pie \(Sy Lehrman\) wrote
(in message <vt2dnQ2MDYCaSX7ZnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@rapidnet.com>):

> His cavalier unconcern was somewhat reassuring for some reason, but it still
> hurts and has been since June when I stepped off of a porch a little hard
> and it started this.

you may have twisted/wrenched/pulled/mildly sprained something and that can
take forever to heal. I twisted my ankle in a tumble almost 2 years ago and
it was almost a year before it quit bothering me - but I wasn't bracing it as
much as I should have. Have you been wearing any kind of brace on it? That
wouuld help let any damage you might have done in that hard step heal up.

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Fire Chief - 17 Aug 2006 08:07 GMT

> He all but shrugged and said, "Well, you have RA."
>
> I wasn't quite sure how to take it and it didn't make me feel any better.

With a smart aleck remark like that, it would be the last time I saw
that doc, and it may be for you. Didn't you say in another post
you're moving to Phoenix and looking for a new RD?

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