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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / April 2005Good news, Bad news
Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. Good news: USA Today called wanting to know what I think about the news. Is it a good thing when the media consults you? She'll be calling back again in 2 days. Bad news: I'm heavier than I've ever been and it's a bit scary. Good news: BP is normal. Good news: Zetia doesn't hurt my muscles and my cholesterol is 200!! Yay! Mixed news?: I'm abnormal yet normal? Bad news: I could have had RA this whole time...I need a whole new work-up. More bad news: the only RD in town will only give me Pred. which makes me seriously ill. Can't go back 'cuz I can't change her mind. Badder still: My choices are to go 75 miles North one way or 80 miles West one way to get myself an RD. Good news: Looks like one of the RD's will be opening an office not far from Normie's work...only 30 miles one way. Better news still: These docs here will work closely with whomever I see for arthritis. Bad news: I'll be closing down the blog 'cuz I can't seem to get myself writer unblocked. :-( Good news: I'll be happy to contribute to any other if anyone asks. Better news: I'm here with ya'all. <g> Dunno if that's more good than bad but it feels like it is. Many Hugs from Rosie  Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Many Hugs from Rosie One of the really cooler things you learn out of life as you get older. Even a little sunshine brightens a cloudy day. Even a little good news, properly cherished and nourished overshadows far more than its weight in bad news, If you are weighing good news vs bad, its your choice which scale to put your thumb on. Hugs back. Jo Very true, Jo....and thanks. Wasn't any sunshine quite as welcome as comin' out of the dark of each of the hurricanes...but this will do just fine.:-) Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Jo > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bad news: I'm heavier than I've ever been and it's a bit scary. That was me in 2002, but I'm back to healthier weight, finally. > Good news: BP is normal. > Good news: Zetia doesn't hurt my muscles and my cholesterol is 200!! Yay! > Mixed news?: I'm abnormal yet normal? Hey, that sounds like me! Either it's scary (that you are like me) or just peachy (which is in and of itself scary). > Bad news: I could have had RA this whole time...I need a whole new work-up. > More bad news: the only RD in town will only give me Pred. which makes me > seriously ill. Can't go back 'cuz I can't change her mind. > Badder still: My choices are to go 75 miles North one way or 80 miles West > one way to get myself an RD. Well, is there a "decent" PCP who can follow RA? Since we are limited with RDs here, many PCPs will take care of RA patients, so long as they see an RD at least once a year (used to be I had to go to Denver 255 miles or Salt Lake City more than 255 but no "mountains" to go over to see an RD, and I never went because I couldn't handle it). Then you'd have a rheumy for the occasional visit, and a PCP for the 'scripts recommended by they RD. > Good news: Looks like one of the RD's will be opening an office not far from > Normie's work...only 30 miles one way. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat > Outta Hell II It feels like more good, or the good outweighs the bad. Smokie Darling (Annie) - who believes that you may have answered her one question, but need more coffee (the whole pot wasn't enough <snerk>) Hmmmmm, So Annie...yer saying suck it up and do the driving. Got it. LOL Teasing ya! But I hear ya. I'm a complex situation and they've kinda given up on trying to manage me on their own.....more than a PCP wants to deal with. Yeah, living out in rural areas sure limits the choices! I've not had any Medicare HMO since leaving Miami and that makes it harder. Luckily hubby's PPO just kicked in and the PCP sez use it on a new RD....'cuz I'm complex. LOL SD Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > Smokie Darling (Annie) - who believes that you may have answered her > one question, but need more coffee (the whole pot wasn't enough <snerk>) > Hmmmmm, > > So Annie...yer saying suck it up and do the driving. Got it. LOL Teasing > ya! But I hear ya. Well, now I was thinking more along the lines of 75 or 80 miles without Mountains, I'd have done it at least twice a year. The mountains changed that for me. I knew I had worded it poorly, I should have just cancelled it rather than post. > I'm a complex situation and they've kinda given up on trying to manage > me on their own.....more than a PCP wants to deal with. Well, see, if you get an RD that agrees to physical visits twice a year and notes to your primary (and progress notes back to them from the PCP), then you don't have to suffer and you don't have to see the Pred Pusher. > Yeah, living out in rural areas sure limits the choices! I've not had > any Medicare HMO since leaving Miami and that makes it harder. Luckily > hubby's PPO just kicked in and the PCP sez use it on a new RD....'cuz I'm > complex. LOL > > SD Hugs from Rosie Hugs back at ya, wish I could *say* things better, but some days... Smokie Darling (Annie) > -- > "If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) - who believes that you may have answered her > > one question, but need more coffee (the whole pot wasn't enough <snerk>) Hey Annie, It's ok! No one here would ever think of editing a post for clarity so doncha worry about it. I was just teasing about your 'imaginary' chiding and I know you weren't, really. Doncha feel you can't click the Send button, ok? More Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > > Hmmmmm, [quoted text clipped - 115 lines] > > > one question, but need more coffee (the whole pot wasn't enough > <snerk>) let me see if i have read all these exchanges properly...it is being discussed in the context of a) rosie and b) 'manage', 'complex', and 'deal with'... now, am i the only one who finds this juxtapositon of ideas a non-sequitur???? shucks i'm only surprised that the whole dang bunch doesn't yell 'duck and cover' when your name is brought up... (which i will now do meself i think....) > Hmmmmm, > [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) - who believes that you may have answered her > > one question, but need more coffee (the whole pot wasn't enough <snerk>) Cure for writers block.... just start dumping everything that comes to mind on paper.. then you will unblock yourself. It might just be things that do not matter or even something weird, but it will work. > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Many Hugs from Rosie Thanks, Rhonda! Lemme see.....fog, foggy, fogger, foggiest, fog. Howzat? :-) Jokin' Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > Cure for writers block.... just start dumping everything that comes to mind > on paper.. then you will unblock yourself. It might just be things that do [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > Many Hugs from Rosie fog, foggy, foggiest, brain fart. lost brain, no brains. Thats how I feel today. I guess I am tired. I tried to stay up to watch the Popes funeral. Oh well. > Thanks, Rhonda! > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > Bat >> > Outta Hell II that works for me, but i use an egg timer just to keep me writing jibberish and not getting up and walking away from it.LOL kate > Cure for writers block.... just start dumping everything that comes to > mind on paper.. then you will unblock yourself. It might just be things [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> Many Hugs from Rosie > Bad news: I'm heavier than I've ever been and it's a bit scary. Get a copy of Dr. Phil's book. DO all the exercises in it...do not skip them thinking that they are not important. They are. I started his weight loss challenge in mid January and I'm down 33 pounds. If you do it for no other reason, do it for your heart. Take it from one who is finding out what living with heart disease is like. I got mine from a virus not my weight, but I know that now that my heart is permanently damaged, this weight can't be helping it any as it has to work harder to get the blood throughout my body. Less body=Less work for it. > Good news: BP is normal. This is good :-) For some reason, even though I was always overweight my B/P was always good. Carole :) Heya, Carole, Oh noooooo! LOL Dr. Phil is bad for many, if not most, Fibromites. Mayo Clinic sez I can swim and have sex. The pain management doc added I can stretch and saunter. And that's it. It's gotta be mostly diet because I'm hypermobile and have shifty spine. The major injury of Dr. Phil's style ain't worth it for me. Neither is buying the book, for me. I am wishing ya the best on SSDI...I was a teacher/professor b4 I became disabled and I got the SSDI on the first try with a lawyer. That was in 1991 so that trells ya how long I've been this way. Hang in there...it'll happen 4 U. Honestly, when yer done, yer done. I'm well done. LOL Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > > Bad news: I'm heavier than I've ever been and it's a bit scary. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Carole :) i won't say it, really i won't........ > Heya, Carole, > > Oh noooooo! LOL Dr. Phil is bad for many, if not most, Fibromites. Mayo > Clinic sez I can swim and have sex. The pain management doc added I can > stretch and saunter. And that's it. That's verrrry good ,Paul...'cuz after your post above I just might hafta saunter and stretch....well, you get the picture. <weg> Laffs and Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > i won't say it, really i won't........ > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Clinic sez I can swim and have sex. The pain management doc added I can > > stretch and saunter. And that's it. lol no, no, no, no, - even at a saunter you could move faster'n me at this point! but hey! i've got my eyes closed - how'd you see me anyway? > That's verrrry good ,Paul...'cuz after your post above I just might hafta > saunter and stretch....well, you get the picture. <weg> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > Clinic sez I can swim and have sex. The pain management doc added I can > > > stretch and saunter. And that's it. Hi Rosie, I wasn't talking about the exercises as in physical exercises. There are written exercises in the book that help you deal with why you eat. They are the ones that have helped me immensely. I always knew that I was eating to fill voids in my life, but once I starting writing out the questions and answers I really took a look at why I was overeating and was made more aware of those things. It really helped as when I was diagnosed with CHF, I didn't run out and binge. And now if I feel the need to have some chocolate, I just buy a small bar and not the BIG bars I used to buy. I guess I'm learning portion control. Due to my condition, I have to stick to a very strict low sodium no caffeine diet, and doing Dr Phil's questions has helped me in that area as well :) I am going to ask my therapist if I can start swimming. There is a pool near me that has discounted rates for disabled people and since my doctor has declared me 100% disabled, I guess I qualify :) Hugs, Carole :) > Heya, Carole, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Hugs from Rosie {{{{{{{Rosie}}}}}}} DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Many Hugs from Rosie Back atcha DeeTee. I'll see your CAT scan and raise ya an MRI. {{{{DeeTee}}}} Extra Gentle Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > {{{{{{{Rosie}}}}}}} > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > Many Hugs from Rosie I had a CAT scan and an MRI last year, and a PET scan. I was dumbfounded at what each of them cost. Sure glad Medicare was paying instead of me personally. Gwen > Back atcha DeeTee. I'll see your CAT scan and raise ya an MRI. > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > Bat > > > Outta Hell II Whoa! I fold. And Gwen wins the pot! GL Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > I had a CAT scan and an MRI last year, and a PET scan. I was > dumbfounded at what each of them cost. Sure glad Medicare was paying [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] > > Bat > > > > Outta Hell II I sure hope I don't have to have either of these test before September 2005, when my Medicare comes effective. That is what scares me about having no ins. coverage. What the cost would be and how we would pay it. where there is a will there is a way!! Janice I could sure use everyones prayers better health |I had a CAT scan and an MRI last year, and a PET scan. I was | dumbfounded at what each of them cost. Sure glad Medicare was paying [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] | > Bat | > > > Outta Hell II Aww RRRosie. Yer gots a long list of bad and very bads. A really good exercise is ironin, doncha know. LOL It kinda puts the starch back into yez. Or is it that you have to stay away from ironin? Come to think of it, I think that is it. Yes, stay away from ironin' and you will feel much better. R ( number 1) Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Rose :-) I have been ooooh so good about staying away from the i werd. I haven't used the i werd at all in quite a while. Not even Monsieur Holland could argue about that one.<weg> Hope Spring up there is good for you this year! Rose Hugs from Rose2 Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > Aww RRRosie. Yer gots a long list of bad and very bads. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. >Rose :-) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Rose Hugs from Rose2 It has been a great spring really, after a great winter. We only really had a week or two of the cold wet white stuff. We are spoiled here in the southern interior of BC. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Hello friend. Good news: May I have your autograph? USA Today no less! I'd say that's a good sign. Very good news: Your BP is normal, in spite of your weight! Stupendous news: you're here with us :-) Nanny > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Many Hugs from Rosie {{{{{{{{{{{{Rosie}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Well, Rosie, dear, sounds like you got quite the mixed bag of goods and bads there, but I'd say more good than bad! For that I am happy for you!!! Sure hope the mobic will work well for you and that you won't even miss the bextra. Also really glad to hear that you have found a cholesterol med that works for you too. Yay!!! If you end up having to drive so far for an RD, do you know of anyone that you can visit or get together for lunch or something in the area where the RD is located? At least that would make the long drive seem not so bad if you can make the trip worth more than just the drive to the RD. I drive about 45-50 miles for my lung doctor, but I also take the time on those trips to visit with some of my family and friends that are out in that area, which makes the longer trip all the more worth it to me. As far as the extra weight goes, summer is coming and all those fresh veggies and fruits usually make it easier to take off a few pounds. Also the warmer weather is nicer for long walks and such. Maybe you and Normie can go for some long walks together!!! Hugs to you dear lady and hope things keep going well for you!!! Keep up the good work! Donna G LOL I'll be glad to mail ya a photocopy of the main article signed. Need I say I'm glad you're back here 2? I am. Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > Hello friend. Good news: May I have your autograph? USA Today no less! > I'd say that's a good sign. Very good news: Your BP is normal, in spite of [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > Many Hugs from Rosie I'd be pleased as punches if you would send a photocopy of your now-famous article and signature :-) I'll be watching for it. Nanny > LOL I'll be glad to mail ya a photocopy of the main article signed. > Need I say I'm glad you're back here 2? I am. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > Bat >> > Outta Hell II > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. > Good news: USA Today called wanting to know what I think about the news. Is > it a good thing when the media consults you? She'll be calling back again in > 2 days. I hear ya --- calling my RD as soon as this cold lets me get well enough to do so. Maybe I can talk him into one of the "old" NSAIDs, those ones that are now nice, cheap generics. Oh! I finally saw the other USA Today article at the library in town the following week. That twinkle in your eye in your picture was so purely Rosie, it had to be you! :) > Bad news: I could have had RA this whole time...I need a whole new work-up. > More bad news: the only RD in town will only give me Pred. which makes me [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Better news still: These docs here will work closely with whomever I see for > arthritis. Good news: you live where winter driving is not a concern (hey! I drove home 85 miles in a snowstorm after thumb injections! Ok, ok, in all honesty the lidocaine he used in the injections made driving home easier than driving there, but it was snow fairly heavily for part of the drive.) Better news: you get to where driving 30 miles to your RD is not a big deal as long as you have automatic transmission and it's pretty much country roads. (still wouldn't care to drive 30 miles in metro Boston!) And in such areas the RDs get used to doing this a bit different as you can't just "drop by". > Bad news: I'll be closing down the blog 'cuz I can't seem to get myself > writer unblocked. :-( > Good news: I'll be happy to contribute to any other if anyone asks. > Better news: I'm here with ya'all. <g> well, in completely honest selfishness, I've missed having you here and want you around more anyway! > Dunno if that's more good than bad but it feels like it is. who cares about reality? If it feels like more good than bad, it is! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare BTW, Rosie, you will let us know when the next article appears in USA Today won't you???!!! Donna G Sure, Donna! Yesterday. Muhahaha. :-) No really, yesterday. Same pic but only a one line quote this time. So a yawner, perhaps? <g> Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > BTW, Rosie, you will let us know when the next article appears in USA > Today won't you???!!! > > Donna G {{{{Nann}}}} Hugs from Rosie Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself" -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > > > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > who cares about reality? If it feels like more good than bad, it is! Rosie, Know that I am thinking of you sweetie. You sure have alot going on there. The good news is good, and the bad news is bad. ;-) I hope things start going better for you. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Bad news: Bextra being pulled off the market. > Good news: Today I got Mobic samples. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Many Hugs from Rosie |
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