Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It as
been diagnosed as restrictive arthritus. He is in a great deal of pain and
find it very hard to walk any great distance. He has had steroid injections
in both knees.

this stuff scares me but i hurt so bad....

Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It as
been diagnosed as restrictive arthritus. He is in a great deal of pain and
find it very hard to walk any great distance. He has had steroid injections
in both knees.

Jo,
I saw a post saying you had been in the hospital. I hope you are doing
better now.
I know the breathing stuff is tough. I went from having that flu into

Just thought I would update you on my progress to get pregnant and live with
RA at the same time.
I found out that I have anti nuclear antibodies ANA which is why I have been
loosing the pregnancies at an early stage but I can take heparin to help

superbowl sunday and it's the first one in more than 30 years i will be
spending with just my television set.  of all the games, it's the one i've
been waiting for the most, the longest.  with the touting going--the
steelers have the most talented players, while the seahawks have ...

Has anyone had fusion done on the bones in their feet, due to arthritis?
My RD has referred me to an ortho to see if this would help the pain in my
feet.  I have an appt tomorrow and I am anxious to see what he recommends.
It  will make my feet stiff but they are already   stiff ...

For years I have had trouble with sinusitis and have never found a
reasonable solution to the problem.
I had one operation, a sub mucous resection, when I was about 12 years
old but nothing since.  Over all

it's been a while, I've been lurking every now and then, but just
couldn't find the energy to really join in. Sorry 'bout that, I have
just been too tired (mentally and physical).
It wasn't just the side effects of Enbrel but also employer is still (5

My niece is still alive but in a deep coma.  She is by no means out of the
woods, and there is no way of knowing if she will ever come out of the
comma.  The pressure in her brain has gone down slightly, but not as much as
they had hoped for when they decided to remove the piece ...

I know I should have posted sooner but as you can imagine, it's been a
stressful not to mention hectic time. I wanted to let you all know that
Mom passed away peacefully on Saturday. As most of you knew, she had
been recently hospitalized with sepsis and went into complete kidney

I got a W2 from the insurance company that paid my long term disability.
 It has one amount for "Wages, tips, and comp." and a totally different
and MUCH smaller amount for "social security wages" and "medicare
wages".  Evidently they only withheld social security and medicare ...

Sorry, I did not mean to reply all my e-mail was good news, I grieve
for her companions
Hugs,
Dawn

..its been awhile, but just to let you know that I had my bi-monthly
appointment with RA yesterday, (every other month is with normal doc), he
said my last blood tests were all normal again, i'd even got my cholesterol
down to an acceptable level, he fiddled with my feet for a ...

Hello, I hope this finds everyone doing well.
Marissa has been an extremely busy young lady the past few days!!!
Her Company Commander (Cpt. Matthews) and First Sgt Stearns flew in
from Washington on Wednesday.  We spent Wednesday evening in the