About a month or so ago, I wrote saying that I was going to have a total
left knee replacement.  I am the one that had 3 little kids, ages 4 years, 4
1/2 years, and 7 years old.   I am only 45 years of age.  You all gave me
such a warm welcome.  I am sorry that I could not and did ...

Hey guys!
Sorry for not posting lately. I have been lurking. Saying prayers for those
who need. Celebrating or commiserating where appropriate. It's just the
upper back and neck stuff from the accident limit my time at the computer.

Well, after fits and starts and letting things slide and then getting them
done, Charlie is off being fitted for one of those machines that keep you
breathing when you sleep.  I know he has had moderate to severe sleep apnea
as long as I've known him.  Age and weight and too much ...

char darlin' are you okay? you haven't posted in a few days and i
couldn't get you off my mind. let me know so i will stop this friggin'
worrying.
johnie

I recently purchased a 12" powerbook and it's my first mac. I love it to
death, but I can't find a standalone news-reader that I like for ASA. I know
there are some mac users here... What do you use?
--Ashley

Is extreme, chronic  fatigue a symptom of rheumatid arhritis?
Backround: A couple of years ago, a blood test I took for a physical
showed a spiked (off the chart) Westergren ESR level.  My idiot doctor
said nothing about it so I did some internet research and spoke with a

Also picked up from FidoNet.......
Y'all ain't never gonna believe what to google for to see these....
http://www.elpachuco.com/
it's a riot..

I have not written for a long time.  I have had RA for 2.5 years now.  I am
30 years old and I am coping with it a lot better than I did in the past.
However, I have been flaring badly now for over a week and I am starting to
feel really depressed.  Everything hurts and I know that ...

sorry i havent been around much - i have been lurking though - i have
had serious complications from the broken hip, lost my job & my health
insurance & just havent been on line much lately...
but i do have a question - in my bid to get all my scripts (19 in all)

Well, looks like in my absence, I missed several birthdays!
So, happy belated birthday to Melinda, Gary, SJ, and Rose and anyone
else I may have missed!!!
Hope each of your days was every bit as special as each of you are!!!

Okay -- I am calling my doctor on Monday as this is
just not right. But I am soooo tired. I wake up tired.
I fall asleep sitting up.  I am dragging around.
I have felt like this before back in my period days

Letter to the editor below, in response to the following
excerpts from a Copley Press editorial:
Changes at FDA
Agency takes right direction on painkillers

During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and
submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to
public presentation, and my paper was published on-line and submitted
for peer review. That process was completed earlier in the week, and

duckie,
somehow i missed this post to me and other writers, so i'm pasting it
below.
however, i don't have an answer for you. maybe you could look at the

A good piece of chocolate has about 200 calories. As I enjoy 2 servings per
night, and a few more on weekends. I consume 3,500 calories of  chocolate in
a week, which equals one pound of weight per week.
Therefore...