Hello to everyone,
      I am a 45 yr old woman with scoliosis. I was diagnosed at a
young age but have had a lot of other health problems so the issue of
scoliosis was put on the back burner, so to speak. I hesitate to have

I am a new poster to the group, having just recently located this group.  To
the point, I am a physical therapist relocating to San Antonio, TX, and am
in the process of opening a specialty practice focusing on pain conditions:
TMD, orofacial pain, cervicogenic headache, myofascial ...

wondering if anyone has called charlie,  to see how things went for jo with
her cochlear implant procedure? or if charlie has called anyone to let us
know how she's doing?
kate

Today marks two years since our journey with epilepsy began. I can't believe
that 2 years could go by so fast, with me still feeling like it was just a
week ago. It helps that Rachel hasn't had a seizure in 10 months. Those
first 14 were such a rollercoaster of hospital stays, meds. ...

I have a friend whose mother has RA.  Her name is Roberta.  2 years
ago, she had an ankle reconstruction that never fully healed....to
make a very long story short, the new ankle ended up giving way and a
few weeks ago, she had the ankle and foot amputated.

Well, when I went ot the local hospital for the food poisoning (another
story entirely) the guy decided to run the liver test again instead of
waiting a couple of weeks like the rheumatologist wanted and it came back
perfectly normal so I guess the current drug regimen is OK from ...

Through circumstances beyond my control, I haven't been able to do more
than the occasional lurk for a couple of months. I haven't seen Char's
name or her responses -- what gives? Is she OK? Should I be worried?
Evelyn

Jo, Mary and I want to thank you for the anniversary card.
Say "HI" to Jim from both of us.
It is difficult to realize it's been 3 years since Pat Pritchard
and Lady Andy (Andrea) attended the church ceremony in

Has anyone tried low dose naltrexone for their RA?  I have been reading
about this drug as a treatment in MS and it said that it can be helpful in
RA patients.
Was curious if doctors are open to prescribing this and wondered what

i hope all went well with her today. has anyone heard?
diane

I had a dexa scan this morning (the one without
using radio-isotopes).
L1-L4                 +0.5   T-score
Total Hip            -1.3    T-score

Well it's me again.  Posting my latest....I have been taking MTX now
since April 5th, and I had my bloodwork done this past friday.  The
results came back monday, and they are elevated.  My AST is 82 and the
ALT is 181.  If I understand correctly, the 181 is 4.5 times higher

tomorrow is my third thoracic injection.  results of the last injection seem
good to me.  less pain makes pain pills work better; had only one incident,
last night, where it seemed my back wanted to spasm but somehow seemed to
change its mind or it was soooo mild when it did, i ...

Just wanted to drop in and say hi.  I've not had the time or energy to
sit at the computer lately, besides working on everyone else's
computers lately is about all the sitting I can take at one time.
It's been really nice since Duane has been back at work regularly

We will be in Ohio very soon now!  If Bob is not picked up by the government
for the current project, we'll just go on over to Dayton instead of
Columbus.  Either way, we've been getting rid of excess furniture, books,
etc. and packing, packing, packing.  We will be making an ...