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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2006Hi all..
..its been awhile, but just to let you know that I had my bi-monthly appointment with RA yesterday, (every other month is with normal doc), he said my last blood tests were all normal again, i'd even got my cholesterol down to an acceptable level, he fiddled with my feet for a bit to test for any pain (their was none) and then declared that I am officially in remission, to keep taking the tablets, and not come back for 4 months! So i'm feeling pretty good about myself right now and wanted to share it with some people who would understand my relief. I know ive got this forever, but its nice to know it is being controlled for now at least. Oh, and before I left his office I asked if there was any development about Celebrex being an anti cancer drug, and he said that in general people who regularly take anti inflamatries have lower incidences of certain kinds of cancers, mouth and bowel cancer especially, and he said it will come out at some stage that long term use of Celebrex reduces the incidences of lung cancer in ex smokers. It is not being tested fully at the moment because there is still this thing about heart problems with Celebrex, but he said it will come out that Celebrex is beneficial in the fight against cancer. Just thought I would let you know, so if anyone is taking this drug there can be an up side to having RA. I know a lot of you have been having a lot of pain and I really hope that you get some relief. Stuart Wonderful news about your remission! May it never end!! Interesting news about Celebrex. I am a twice daily user, and happy to know I am getting some additional benefits. Bonnie > Wonderful news about your remission! May it never end!! > > Interesting news about Celebrex. I am a twice daily user, and happy to > know I am getting some additional benefits. > > Bonnie Yes, as bad as RA is, its not in the same league as cancer, and for all we know we could be the lucky ones who would otherwise have had a much worse illness. Stuart excellent news on your health, stuart. thanks for the encouraging post. diane > excellent news on your health, stuart. thanks for the encouraging post. > > diane Thanks Diane, and I intend to read one of your books very soon! Cheers Stuart You are so lucky being in remission - how did you do it? What medication are you on? Thanks for the information on Celebrex - my cardiologist called it his enemy but my RA says that's nonsence. So thanks again. Gail > You are so lucky being in remission - how did you do it? What > medication are you on? > Thanks for the information on Celebrex - my cardiologist called it his > enemy but my RA says that's nonsence. So thanks again. > Gail Hi Gail, Yes I am lucky and I hope my luck continues. I am on 200mg Celebrex and 2g Sulphalazine a day. I think its pot luck who goes into remission, but I have done as much as I can to help myself - cut right back on dairy and red meat etc, exercise a bit more. Good luck to you I hope you get some relief too. Cheers Stuart Thanks for the reply. I've cut back on the red meat, dairy and now trying to cut down the sugar (but being married to a sugarholic does not help). I am thinking that maybe I am having too much exercise - I am on my legs all day trying to run a hobby farm. I have just retired from working full time thinking that work was too stressful and I must admit I'm a lot better since I stopped working full time. We are self sufficient in fruit and veges all year so am getting the right foods. I'm on 200mg Cyclosporon daily, 20mg MTX weekly plus celebrex (200mg daily when I can't sleep). How long have you had arthritis? Gail >How long have you had arthritis? >Gail According to Google Groups ,Stuart reported on 1 October 2005 that he had " just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis" ____________________________________________________________ From: "Stuart" <mem...@smeigh.wanadoo.co.uk> Newsgroups: misc.health.arthritis Subject: Hi all.. Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:11:55 +0100 Lines: 51 Message-ID: <dhljsq$98o$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.69.67.217 X-Trace: newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk 1128157914 9496 84.69.67.217 (1 Oct 2005 09:11:54 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Oct 2005 09:11:54 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 .. just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Went to the docs with ever increasing pain all over my body _______________________________________________________ Now by February 2006, he reports "I am officially in remission". Well done Stuart, if only it could happen to us all. I have to say I wish Sulfasalazine had had that effect on me, alas all it seemed to do in my case was turn my pee green, and my esr stayed the same until I progressed to MTX -lol -- preceed with 2006 to email >>How long have you had arthritis? >>Gail [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > in my case was turn my pee green, and my esr stayed the same until I > progressed to MTX -lol ----- Original Message ----- From: <er@gmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.support.arthritis Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Hi all.. >>How long have you had arthritis? >>Gail > > According to Google Groups ,Stuart reported on 1 October 2005 that he > had " just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis" Yes, when the RD said I was officially in remission I said that he sounded surprised, he said he was surprised because I seemed to have reacted very quickly to the medication. Personally I'm not sure if its the medication, the change in lifestyle or just pure luck, but i'm going to keep doing what i'm doing. Actually, the RD didnt ask me any questions about change of lifestyle (diet, exercise etc), which know I think about it is surprising, you would think that he would have asked me a zillion questions to try and pinpoint exactly what I had been doing since being diagnosed so he could better understand why I am doing do well. I think he just puts it down to the medication, and maybe he would be right. Thanks for your interest, and yes, my pee is also very distinctive, almost fleurescent! lol Cheers Stuart > -- > preceed with 2006 to email > Thanks for the reply. I've cut back on the red meat, dairy and now > trying to cut down the sugar (but being married to a sugarholic does [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > How long have you had arthritis? > Gail Hi Gail, I thought about 6 months but only 4. Doesnt time fly when youre having fun? I think anything you can do to cut down on the known bad things and increase the known good things has got to be a step in the right direction. As many other people have said before, even if it does nothing to help the RA its amazing how you feel better about youself even in the first week of starting a better diet and fitness regime. Your lifestyle sounds good, being self sufficient in fruit and veg sounds great. What did you mean by the comment of taking Celebrex when you cant sleep? Cheers Stuart Hi Stuart, Many thanks for your reply. This is my second attempt to reply, the first time just as I was about to post I pressed the wrong button - silly me. How lucky to be in remission after just a few months. I have been praying for remission since 1992. Although I have arthritis in all but four joints (in the spine), I have most of my problems at the moment in the hip region so I am waiting to have it replaced. During the day I am so busy (wish I had more hours in the day) I forget about the pain but at night when I can't get to sleep I will pop a celebrex and it seems to help. At first I was having one celebrex a day, then I had to have two and then it was to go up again and I said "No", this is crazy. So I stopped taking them and only having them when I really need them, this way I feel I am giving my body a rest from a few chemicals seeing it is on over load already. I often wonder about the pain my grandparents must have had to suffer (if they had RA), today the medication has come a long way. Praise to all those researchers out there. Cheers Gail > Hi Stuart, > Many thanks for your reply. This is my second attempt to reply, the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Cheers > Gail I often think the same thing, how did they cope years ago without the meds that we have today? Its only when you get something like this that it makes you think. Good luck to you, I really hope all goes well with the hip op. Cheers Stuart Thanks for the good luck. Gail |
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