I think f.cking 4-5 hours a day is the best medicine possible and good
sex can cure arthritis once and for all.
But if you don't f.ck enough, your body will develop diseases like
arthritis !

ASAers,
 Hey gang, DeeTee comes home today. Hooray! The gall bladder
is gone along with the pain. All went well and she is recovering
quickly. She is in a room by herself as of yesterday. She had a

A weekend which spilled badly into the first part of
the week. My last showcase [dance recital] in the
northeast was on Sunday and when we got there about 11
am I was to discover that I was on last. To close the

Well to those of you who might be headed out early, unfortunately it
looks like our weather may be going sour.  Latest forecast says an
omega weather block pattern will set up starting on Wednesday and
running through the weekend.  So you might pack with a bit of rain

I have lurked for years and must have missed her posting!

I am restarting this thread because I didn't state my problem
properly the first time.
My biggest problem is my RA.  I have too many problems with hands,
shoulders and neck to hold a phone to my ear for more than a few

Hello everybody I have had RA for several years. I have been on Vioxx,
Bextra, Mobic and MTX. The Mobic and MTX eventually caused a bleeding
ulcer. I lost two pints of Blood and had to have a transfusion.
I am now off of all arthritis meds, and will be until I heal. MD that put me

Hello all.  I have been a lurker here for quite some time, rarely a
poster.  I have RA, as yet uncontrolled.  I'm on methotrexate, humira,
plaquenil, prednisone, lexapro, maxzide, atenolol, folic acid,
vitamins, lorcet plus, soma, neurontin, flexeril, etc.... I feel like

HI I AM JOHN, JUST GIVEN THE NEWS BY DR THAT I HAVE ARTHRITIS AND NOW
NEED TO MAKE DECISION ON MEDICINES.  SHE WANTS ME TO START ON CHEMO DRUG
PILLS OR INJECTION  ONCE A WEEK
WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR ME ON THIS

I finally got my 70 year old mom to go to a rheumatologist for her
hands which are deformed at the knuckles (the base of the fingers not
the joints in the middle)because I thought it would help with my
diagnosis of UCTD. Her knuckles are hugely swollen but she says they

I talked with the portland zoo and they have wheelchairs and scooters
available on a first come first serve basis.  They have lots of
benches and sitting areas.
Wheelchairs $ 6.00  

Has anyone had Remicade stop working?  I started on it a few years
back (for RA) and was doing extremely well, but in the last few weeks all
the
old symptoms started coming back--first the exhausted flu-like feeling and

There is a sports balm called Dynamint it is the most worthless
product I have ever used.  Total garbage and it stinks something
horrible I don't recommend it to anyone.  Don't waste your money on
this worthless crap it burned my skin and caused extreme irritation.

Well, I just called social security and they made a decision on my case
yesterday. The woman I spoke to said I'd receive a letter in the mail
within 2 weeks. I guess there is no way to find out the results before
that, so I have to wait for the letter. I do hope it wasn't denied ...

It is always interesting to me to see how the medical field changes and
progresses.
Recently I got in the mail a booklet from our local University Hospital.
This of course is a large teaching hospital, and like many others, I am