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Califchief - 20 Feb 2008 08:00 GMT

Adelle posted the following and asked:

> Hi, Everyone;
> Hope your President's weekend went well.

I'm confused. When was it? <g> I received a Presidents'
Day ad I tossed aside to read later. Picked it up again
Saturday evening to see it there was anything of interest.

The sale dates were Fri 2/15 and Sat 2/16

> How do the rest of you 'time' your injections, to allow for possible
> side effects? What side effects can I expect? how long do they last?
> For those of you on the mtx/enbrel combo - do you take them the same
> day? I'm finding I'm getting more side effects from the mtx now than
> when I started it. Does the timing of taking leucovorin relate at all
> to the mtx side affects of body aches, headache and nausea?

I've never been on the combo - Embrel solo since 2005.

NEVER, never, never had a reaction since beginning.
No injection site rash, not other problem.

To accommodate weekend travels, we began on Wednesday.
If we forget a day, I'll take it the next day, then six
days later (to get back on Wednesday).

This allow us to leave on a Thursday or Friday for an
extended week-end trek. Or we can leave at 9:00 am
Sunday following early service and not have to worry
about rushing home for an injection.

... Old hippies never die, they just get hippier and hippier.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

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Nann Bell - 20 Feb 2008 16:53 GMT

> Adelle posted the following and asked:
>
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> Day ad I tossed aside to read later. Picked it up again
> Saturday evening to see it there was anything of interest.

Monday, of course - didn't you notice that your mail didn't come? LOL And
here, they weren't clearing the ice and snow off the lesser streets, just the
major ones they normally clear on weekends. Budget issues throughout the
state tend to curtail winter clearing which tends to keep people home rather
than going out to spend their money..............

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