Went to Salem and took pictures of the iris gardens.  So if you like
delphiniums, poppies, clematis, iris, lupine this is for you. Char
always asks me to photograph the tulips well I missed the tulips but I
caught the Iris.  So this is a flower riot for Char.  

I will begin taking Humira today and will give myself injections every
two weeks. Currently I am down to 10 mg. of prednisone daily and am
wondering how soon I can expect (if ever) to get off the prednisone.
I've been on as much as 30 mg. daily for six years and definitely want

Ari, do you know if people who use biologics can be bone marrow donors. If
so how would we sign up to be tested? I am ignorant of the process, but
interested in helping if I can.
I couldn't even donate blood for years because of anemia, but that's fixed

I'm new to the group, but in grazing over the last month's posts I don't see
anything having to do with joint replacement surgery.
I'm facing a TKR next month, right knee.  I have a couple of questions to
ask anyone who has been through this, AND I have a couple of pain medication

My friend Patti has just had a small stroke. Appart from being very
tired she is mostly ok. One problem is that she is taking Asprine to
thin the blood, but because of that, she has had to stop taking
Naproxyn for her arthritis. Apparantly they conflict with each other.

i thought my broken hip was healing well, but i have had some days when
the pain brings me to tears. i don't know if it is the weather (damp &
chilly) is causing it, and if that is it should it be that bad?? i have
been doing some walking for exercise (lost 5 lbs!!) and it hurts ...

Horray
Just my opinion, but I'll say it again
Horray

Something Saddam said he got rid of before Gulf War 1 in 1991...
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1135581,00.html
--
Andy

Been having a play with a java photo album prog, which I now quite
like, called JAlbum, it's free (which is another reason I like it!).
So scrabbled together some photo's (all previously published on the
net) of you lot and made a web page album

I tried Ultracet in replacement of Percocets. Tried it for 2 weeks, no relief.
I tried it out, because my doc asked me to. Today my doc precribed a months
worth of Oxycontin CR 10 mg. Taken twice daily. Its a controlled release med.
The Ultracets did not work at all.

Hi I am new to newsgroups.
I am 33..  I have RA (diagnosed 2 years ago).    I am having a difficult
time right now.  finally I gave in & now have a wheelchair.  when walking is
impossible.

Hi all, I've been rubbing my eye today trying to dislodge what I
thought was an eyelash in my eye.  Finally went and looked in the
mirror and plucked what looked like an eyelash curling down into my
eye, and when that didn't do the trick I looked again...

My pilates instructor will not be there next Friday. Her son Michael is
having major surgery on Thursday morning and she will be staying with
him. Not sure I understand what is going to happen but it involves
rearranging the bones in the chest. [Got that info from another

Has anyone had success with removing or adding types of foods to your diet
to help control inflammation?
thanks,
Brad Sherback

By Ben Hirschler, European Pharmaceuticals Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs, widely used to reduce
the risk of heart attack, could also be effective in treating multiple
sclerosis, according to new research published on Friday.