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Painkillers
April 18, 2005
Earlier this month, regulators in the United States and

anyone waitress in the 70's in a college town? did you wear a uniform?
anyone go to UNC in chapel hill in the 70's?
thanks!
diane

The Smiths were unable to conceive children, and decided to use a
surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father
was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife and said, "I'm off. The man
should be here soon".

She had a heart transplant New Year's Eve and had (for months before and
after) a feeding tube in her nose. After she was taken off the
prednisone (and a couple of other meds and some others lowered) the
doctors inserted a g-tube directly into her stomach. It's much handier

           LUPUS GETS ITS OWN DAY
  The first-ever World Lupus Day was observed in May 2004
with a press conference and media events in New York City.
The organizers hope to increase awareness of lupus,

Having RA can it also effect your muscles?  Hip muscles and large muscles of
the leg, I can't seem to get the pain out of them, they get really tight,
have tired new shoes, massage, can't figure it out.
Becky

Well, the nurse called form the rheumatology clinic up there on Mt Rushmore
Rd aand said that my liver enzymes were high and had I ever had hepatitus?
No.  Did anyone in your family ever have hepatitus.  Yes, my sister in 1958.
Well, that's probably the reason for it.  Stop the ...

In case anyone is interested I found two excellent books at my local
library that I finally bought on Amazon. The first is called The
Rheumatoid Arthritis Handbook by Stephen Paget, M.D. and is wonderful,
comprehensive and written for the layperson (i.e. someone like me who

I have advanced osteo of both hips. several drs have said they need to
be replaced. I am 63. Also, I have had trochanteric bursitis of both
hips for 15 yrs or so. the other day I went to my ortho dr. He thinks
it's time for the hip replacement and, while I was ther, he gave me 4

(Saw this on another group and thought it worth a mention)
No me neither, but those nice guys at Hitachi have been on the
happy pills and come up with this rather user friendly info:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

Hello. I had a laminectomy 5 years ago due to a burst disc at L-4/5. I
am now diagnosed with Lumbosacral Root Lesion as I have pain in my
buttocks and in my low back muscles. I have yet to make an appointment
with the Doc. This is primarily due to arthritis. He said it might be

For those of you who have cats.  I just got the most wonderful new cat
grooming device.  Its called a Zoom Groom.  It about fits in the palm of
your hand.  Shaped like a kitty cat and easy to hold.  Made out of kind of a
silicone stuff with long soft "teeth" on the working side.  ...

It's been a week now since my IVIG infusion and after the first three
days of incredible normalcy, things drifted back to the typical.
Thursday night I developed chills and discovered I had a fever. It was
just 99.9 but enough to give me a headache and feel like crap.  Didn't

Hi, just wondering if you can offer any assistance.
About 4 weeks ago I started getting joint pain, it started virtually
overnight with shoulders and knees.  Over that period it has spread to
all joints but varies in where the most pain is although the elbows

It occurs to me that I might not be able to wash my hair for a while after
they drill a hole in my skull.  Are there any good products for keeping my
hair clean while I have to keep the dressing dry?
Jo