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A new kind of eBay phishing attempt is going around. It's only going
to fool people who have something for sale on eBay, because it's
disguised as a question from another eBay member about shipping costs

Just waiting on doc to refer me to a rheumy.
Called  rheumy office and yep I needed my primary  docs OK
Just waiting for that........
bonnie

Hi all.  I am new to this and have in fact never joined a forum in my life.
I hope you'll all forgive me because I'm not 100% familiar with how this
process works nor am I sure if I am in the right place. I hope that
physicians post here and will hopefully offer me some advice. I am ...

Hi all , I was just told i have severe arthritis which has been causing
this terrible pain in my legs and feet so bad i can barly stand up for
any length of time , so the dotor wants to give me steroid shots in my
spine since in the MRI's it showed my lumbar area is where the worst ...

Got home from work yesterday and there was a message on the answering
machine from my RD.
"Stop taking your medication now!!!!"
I can't get hold of her until Monday, but I've already stopped the

 ....or does anyone else have a prescription company that won't fill as
written? I swear there's gotta be someone there in charge of my mail in's
who thinks job security means "fax the MD and get it changed."
    My RD's not gonna be happy when he finds out I couldn't ramp up my ...

YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time
comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that
is.  The nurse/rep of the machine compay came today and walked the home
health care nurse thru the application for those with difficult skin.

MY RD put me on pred 10mg.  How long before I know if I need it?  He
wanted to give it a try in case there is inflamation.  I hate this
drug.
Dawn

i have lurked at this site for a long time now,and i just wanted you all
to know that you all have really helped me a lot with my arthritis,and
dealing with the pain.mine is in my lower back.you are a special group.
i never post any where but just wanted that all of you are ...

So -- does anyone else here think that maybe the fact
that I am now on 4 daily medications for my asthma has
something to do with the mold in this house? Wonder why
the asthma doctor didn't suggest having someone come in

I decided to go with a spam control, and signed up with the free version
of
SpamFighter.  It is already working, thank goodness!
Gwen

I have started having bad knee problems and my last MRI showed thinning in
the cartilage in my knee.   I am looking forward to the results from
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
"Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT)"  study and

My wife had a audio tape all about RA, it's symptoms and it treatments, but
this has been lost.
Can anyone direct me to a site where something of this nature can be
downloaded ??

I have started having bad knee problems and my last MRI showed thinning in
the cartilage in my knee.   I am looking forward to the results from
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
"Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT)"  study and

Enough meds to keep me pain-free also keep me doped. Now even using
transderm narcs. Ortho Surgeon re-xrayed me and says that arthritic
changes are now very severe and a hip transplant is needed 'without a
doubt'. Also says as I get around more after the surgery I might feel