on the first try...
and I thank God for this!
And I thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes/good
thoughts/etc...

Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes.  I'm back and all is good
except the 7 times-a-day-with-two-different-mouth-rinses. It was not at all
as bad as I thought it was going to be. My only recollection of having teeth
out was when I was 18 and had my impacted wisdom teeth ...

My friend's mom - looks like she's just going to have a lumpectomy and
radiation at this point. We'll see from there. It hasn't spread beyond
the ducts that they can see. They'll biopsy her lymph nodes when they
do the lumpectomy. So, so far so good.

Lactoferrin is an iron binder produced in our own bodies.
<<snip>>
Lactoferrin is a potential therapeutic target in bone disorders such as
osteoporosis and possibly an important physiological regulator of bone growth.

so they denied my remicade, enbrel would be 800 a month out of pocket. whats
left..im in tears. whats going to happen to me. i dont qualify for any help
programs because i own my house and have money in the bank. im a mess...
whats left?

Lets do a little test. For those of you with RA are you sero negative
RA or positive?  ESR, or CPR high or normal?
I am seropositive RA with high ESR when I am flaring. -- MZ
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I am a late-50s male with RA, which I have had for about 25 years. I took
Enbrel for a few years and last fall switched to Humira. I had been doing
some traveling and the 2 per week Enbrel was getting very difficult, what
with having to keep them refrigerated, etc. Taking Humira ...

    I have had my knees rupture a few times over the years, and the Dr. just
drains any fluid left and injects cortisone and that usually works for a year
or two.  Now, my knees just get "tight" then just rupture and fill my lower leg
with fluid.  Anyone else get this?

My AVG virus protection advised that a virus had been found and would be
moved into the virus vault; the virus was in an attachment.  Then they
advised they could not move it into the virus vault.  If I don't click on
the attachment I will be okay, won't I?  They told me who it was ...

People who live in glass houses should make love in the basement.
Never read the fine print. There ain't no way you're going to like it.
If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get
soaking wet.

Well, I've been on the Lexapro for almost a month now and thought I would
share a bit of the experience with you. There have been more positives than
negatives at this point.
On the positive side I find my pain tolerance has increased significantly. I

Just when you think things are looking up, you go to the RD.
I have another ear infection, sinus infection, and bronchitis.  That combined
with the thrust that I got from the round of antibiotics I just finished 3 days
ago.  Oh, and he thinks I'm working on shingles.  He thinks it ...

Hey, Rose... you there?  My emails are all gone with yet another computer
transition... one more upgrade and it should be more stable.
Just wondering if you are going to be around on the weekend of June 19... I
may be in your town for the weekend and would love to see you.

I was carrying something heavy (a bag of books) a few months ago and
injured my right hand ring finger because I carried the load too long.
The fingers on my hand bothered me afterwards but I assumed it would
get better.  However I started to notice that one of my fingers was

Is there anyone on pred and mtx?
My dr is wanting to put me on mtx and is waiting till I get below 20mg
of pred...I am at 20 right now and will see him on Tues.
He is reluctant because of the risk of infections...what can you share