I don't ask too often for prayers unless I feel the need to get the ASA
group behind me.  Please keep me in your thoughts, prayers, and good vibes.
I am exhausted, overwhelmed, and depressed.
As some of you know I care for my disabled daughter and my Dad who will be

Has anyone heard how Walt and Micah's surgeries went and how they are
coming along with recoveries?   I'm thinking by now that Micah may
already be recovered and in school???
Donna G

Janet's dodgy luck seems to be plaguing her again.  I have pasted a message
from her sister Gill about her progress below.
Jayne

Anyone know anything about this new treatment coming out for RA?   I have
recurring sinus infections on Remicade (infliximab) so my rheumatologist is
talking about putting me on retuximab (when it's okayed for RA) but I've not
been able to find out much about it online.

Okay, I finally got my photos posted at Webshots. Be warned...there are
almost 100 of them!lol
Also, the quality of the cd's I ordered them on is not the best. The colors
on the printed photos is so much better, but there's no way I was going to

I remember sometime in the last year we had some twit trying to push this stuff on the group.  Well now I have some twit (a neighbour) trying to push it on me.  I just love the leaflet, damn stuff cures everything.
If I remember correctly someone posted some good counter info on ...

 When law enforcement hears about a malfunctioning
electric chair, chances are Death Row comes to mind.
 But when SDPD officer Jeffrey Killion got a call for
help the other day, it pertained to a broken electric

my daughter just called and is beside herself.  4 months ago she was
diagnosed with vascular necrosis in her hip.  She went in for check up
today and finally convenced them to x-ray her knee because on the
continued pain.  Sure enough they found vascular necrosis and the spot

Well, finally decided to call yesterday for an
appointment with the knee doctor again as the pain is
pretty much non stop now and certain maneuvers will
actually make me fall. Luckily my balance is great

so this house we now live in, as part of Mike's pay, has a front deck.  It
seriously looked to me as though the wood had never been treated.  The last
person put it in on her own, so no one at the church knows such details.  I
treated the whole deck today - 300 sq ft, more or ...

While looking for Larry's opinion on Noni juice for
Bruce, I tripped over this. Boy that still makes me laugh.
For the newbies: Larry was the resident bartender in
our sandbox. He finally lost his battle with arthritis

If someone has a moment, can you tell me what the relationship might be
between pain in the feet and pain in the hands?  My hands have just started
hurting in the last week or so in a way that is just like the feet, although
the foot pain seems to be easng with the diclofenac and so ...

Just reading about a new type of hip prosthesis - they reckon about 5 years
time.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3593804.stm
Jayne

I know this has been discussed before but I need to whine, I guess. My
rheumatoid arthritis has been acting up big time for the past few months. I have
been on Arava for seven weeks now. My RD told me it should start to work in one
month, if it hasn't worked for three months then it ...

Interesting information/thinking from my hospital's OT dept, and based
upon "average height", whatever that is. If you have hip pain, don't sit
on any chair less than 18" height from floor to seat.
As a guide in a pub or restaurant, stand with your back against the seat