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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / June 2007Update from LadyAndy ~ LONG and part off topic ~
Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name on the board for ages now, but it just seems very hard to find the time to peruse the posts the way I used to every day. Well, we are still and forever married. Albert is hubby and we are enjoying life together. We have taken a few trips together, including a honeymoon cruise to Hawaii. Our last trip was last week when we went down to visit family friends in San Diego. We went down by Laguna Beach, visited just over the border in Mexico, and had a great time. Yes, we both have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. He's on Remicade and is due for his next infusion in a couple of weeks. He also gets methotrexate which I inject for him. He's also on another dozen plus medications for his blood pressure and diabetes, but everything is in control, so we're doing fine. I am still on Humira, although it doesn't seem quite as effective as it used to be. For now, I'll keep on with it though, although I am thinking if it does lose efficacy, I may want to try Remicade too. I was having some side effects from the long term methotrexate, so I went "cold turkey" and dropped it. I was also not thrilled with the prospect of a liver biopsy if I continued on it, which is what my rheumy wanted me to do, so I figured I'd give my liver a break and do without it. Actually dropping the mtx didn't seem to bother me much at all, although about 6 months after stopping, my psoriasis was flaring so much I couldn't stand it, making me itch like crazy. I then took 3 weeks of 3 injections of the mtx, and that helped immediately. I dropped it again and now am doing fine again. No new surgeries here... planning a colonoscopy, forced Albert to have his (all clear) and have to call and schedule mine now. Life is good. We have a wonderful garden, although the citrus was struck with a citrus miner thingy which I am spraying for. Still, we have tomatos, figs (cute little striped ones with pink insides), fuyu persimmons, asian pears, newly planted 3 varieties of grapes (no fruit yet), sweet lemon (2 kinds), limes, sweet limes, grapefruit, regular lemons, millions of kumquats (2 kinds), tangelos, tangerines, navel oranges, rosemary, calamundine, loquats, pineapple guavas, plums... and lots and lots of roses in all colors. I designed the garden so a lot of it is raised beds and kind of narrow around the outside of the patio. That makes doing the gardening a lot easier for people who don't bend easily. I also have the GREATEST tools made by Fiskars which we got at Costco. There is a long pruning shears which I can use to cut roses without bending or can trim off those ivy strands that keep trying to invade from the neighbors. And there is a WONDERFUL pole pruning thing which can reach almost any branch and which has the strength to cut with a quick yank on the sliding sleave that operates a gear on the end to make the shears cut. I know we have planted too many trees, but we love them all and go out and inspect every single day at least once to see what has happened while we weren't looking. My best to everybody. Andy LadyAndy2@aol.com (in Los Angeles) <LadyAndy2@aol.com> wrote in message news:1183053145.506791.64110@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the > ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > and inspect every single day at least once to see what has happened > while we weren't looking. Don't worry about the trees. We planted to many trees a very long time ago. Only problem is they have provided so much shade that we don't have enough sunny spots for some vegetables we would like to grow. We have two tomato plants and thats it. But we can sit in the shade on our patio for all but an hour in mid day in the summer. Jo Your best is more than enough. God has blessed you with many things that were overdue in my mind but on time in Gods way of doing things. I can not tell you how good it is to read your words. Oh by the way,,, I just knew it was going to be that way for you and yours. Harv <LadyAndy2@aol.com> wrote in message news:1183053145.506791.64110@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the > ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > LadyAndy2@aol.com (in Los Angeles) LadyAndy, I just know you will have too many figs, so how about sliding a few through the computer to me. I love them and could not get my tree in Atlanta to live. Gwen <LadyAndy2@aol.com> wrote in message news:1183053145.506791.64110@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the > ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > LadyAndy2@aol.com (in Los Angeles) Well, you made me go searching for photos as I just love our little fig tree. We planted it late last year when it was just a single twig with 3 itty bitty branches, nothing more. Last year already we had our first crop of about 30 or 40 wonderful sweet figs and now it has grown to about 6 ft tall and has maybe 100 or so fruits on it. They say they will have 2 seasons per year, with the heaviest one coming about September. I found a few photos when I searched. Look for the "panache" fig, which is striped and bright pink on the inside. Even some of the branches have a faint hint of the striping. Here is a couple of links to some photos: http://www.downtowntomatoes.com/archives/2006/09/a_little_panach.html and http://www.rollingrivernursery.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/ 62d35026f1b2e01d12c445f1897a144a.jpg This is not where I bought ours, but the guy is local and doesn't do mail order, so unless you are in Los Angeles, you'll have to find your own. The nursery owner (who specializes in tropicals and rare fruit trees) told me this is the only fig he carries as everybody loves it in our area. I think it will only do very well where you get some heat, like here, but if you have that kind of weather, this tree seems very easy to grow and does not require a polinator. Good luck if you try it. So far so good for us! Really a beautiful little tree, a little gem in our yard. On Jun 28, 3:15 pm, <sweetpickl...@SPAMknology.net> wrote: > LadyAndy, I just know you will have too many figs, so how about sliding a > few through the computer to me. I love them and could not get my tree in > Atlanta to live. > Gwen Everything sounds like it is going so well LadyAndy. So glad to hear. I love the sounds of your garden and did look up the fig tree. They grow here but not like they do down there. Thanks for popping in to say things were well. So often people don't hear about the successes (especially with psoriatic arthritis. Take care, Kelly in BC Canada <LadyAndy2@aol.com> wrote in message news:1183091522.902718.68750@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Well, you made me go searching for photos as I just love our little > fig tree. We planted it late last year when it was just a single twig [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> Atlanta to live. >> Gwen LadyAndy wrote: > Well, we are still and forever married. Albert is hubby and we are > enjoying life together. We have taken a few trips together, including > a honeymoon cruise to Hawaii. Our last trip was last week when we > went down to visit family friends in San Diego. And you didn't contact Mary and me. <g> Haven't seen you since our wedding 5 years ago, and then you have met and married a fellow whom we haven't met. <g> Best wishes to both of you for a long, long and happy marriage. ... Mary had a little RAM -- only about a MEG or so. Hey Lady Andy, glad to see you back. It sure sounds like married life agrees with you. ;-0 The garden sounds wonderful. It is good you could make it more arthritis friendly. That is great. You take care and check in with us when you can. You have been missed.  SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one > Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the > ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > LadyAndy2@aol.com (in Los Angeles) it is sooo very nice to hear from you again. nice to know that good things do happen to good people.<smile> your garden sounds blissfully serene. i would totally love to see photos of it. kate <LadyAndy2@aol.com> wrote in message news:1183053145.506791.64110@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name on the board for ages now, but it just seems very hard to find the time to peruse the posts the way I used to every day. Well, we are still and forever married. Albert is hubby and we are enjoying life together. We have taken a few trips together, including a honeymoon cruise to Hawaii. Our last trip was last week when we went down to visit family friends in San Diego. We went down by Laguna Beach, visited just over the border in Mexico, and had a great time. Yes, we both have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. He's on Remicade and is due for his next infusion in a couple of weeks. He also gets methotrexate which I inject for him. He's also on another dozen plus medications for his blood pressure and diabetes, but everything is in control, so we're doing fine. I am still on Humira, although it doesn't seem quite as effective as it used to be. For now, I'll keep on with it though, although I am thinking if it does lose efficacy, I may want to try Remicade too. I was having some side effects from the long term methotrexate, so I went "cold turkey" and dropped it. I was also not thrilled with the prospect of a liver biopsy if I continued on it, which is what my rheumy wanted me to do, so I figured I'd give my liver a break and do without it. Actually dropping the mtx didn't seem to bother me much at all, although about 6 months after stopping, my psoriasis was flaring so much I couldn't stand it, making me itch like crazy. I then took 3 weeks of 3 injections of the mtx, and that helped immediately. I dropped it again and now am doing fine again. No new surgeries here... planning a colonoscopy, forced Albert to have his (all clear) and have to call and schedule mine now. Life is good. We have a wonderful garden, although the citrus was struck with a citrus miner thingy which I am spraying for. Still, we have tomatos, figs (cute little striped ones with pink insides), fuyu persimmons, asian pears, newly planted 3 varieties of grapes (no fruit yet), sweet lemon (2 kinds), limes, sweet limes, grapefruit, regular lemons, millions of kumquats (2 kinds), tangelos, tangerines, navel oranges, rosemary, calamundine, loquats, pineapple guavas, plums... and lots and lots of roses in all colors. I designed the garden so a lot of it is raised beds and kind of narrow around the outside of the patio. That makes doing the gardening a lot easier for people who don't bend easily. I also have the GREATEST tools made by Fiskars which we got at Costco. There is a long pruning shears which I can use to cut roses without bending or can trim off those ivy strands that keep trying to invade from the neighbors. And there is a WONDERFUL pole pruning thing which can reach almost any branch and which has the strength to cut with a quick yank on the sliding sleave that operates a gear on the end to make the shears cut. I know we have planted too many trees, but we love them all and go out and inspect every single day at least once to see what has happened while we weren't looking. My best to everybody. Andy LadyAndy2@aol.com (in Los Angeles)
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