Ok people in the tornado areas you need to check in with us and let us know
you are ok. Please.

Hi I'm new and I have RA due to Lupus SLE and APLS.  I'm just wondering
how everyone is doing.  I live in Oklahoma and my outbreaks are getting
worse.  I stay stove up and in pain 90 per. of the time.  I've tried
just about everything and nothing seems to be working.  I would like ...

Here's an update on my condition,after a 5 week admission in november and
december I was put on infliximab infusion treatment, I had a further
admission in january for a further infusion treatment and am just home from
hospital after another 9 day admission. Well I knew pretty ...

DeeTee,
saw where you wrote about having the icky flu. I sure hope it over with by
now. I feel for you. Sending healing vibes your way.

Ouch!  Ok, so I've now been off mtx just under a month.  To avoid
complications from the liver biopsy, I had to skip last week's Enbrel and had
to stop my diclofenac as of Saturday.  I hurt!!!!!!!!!!  Man, woke up
whimpering because my feet ached so.  Hands waited until I tried ...

No one ever said life was fair.
Ok, on top of my Mom and Gail, a friend's mom just died from kidney cancer.
Please remember the Sack family in prayers for peace and comfort.
Our best friends, a couple whose daughter and my daughter have been best

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11688166/
Just a little diversion....
GaryZ

Yeah I stretched the soleus and gastrocnemius religiously and wore a
special night sock frequently.  Used ice, massage, NSAIDS, and toe
curls to a lesser extent.  Always wore heel cups or some other
recommended insert.

Has anyone else been for retuximab infusion, I am due to go in few weeks and
would be interested to know how they got on.
Thanks Bernie

I never seem to get the answers from the Dr. who did my cervical fusion
in 1995 on levels C-3 thru C-6.  I recently had an MRI done and the
findings on the two levels they were looking at C-6/7 and C7-T1 were
the following:

I've been receiving Medicare disability insurance for 14 years.  14
years ago there was only one insurance company that offered Medicare
supplemental insurance to people on disability in my state,
Pennsylvania Blue Cross.  When I turn 65 I will be eligible to apply

Sighting of the first robin of spring in Northern Illinois!!
WoooHoooo!!
GaryZ

This seems very strange to me.  I have DDD/osteo in my cervical spine, also
lumbar DDD and chondromalacea in both knees.  The knees especially seem to get
worse before a rain, but lately i've noticed my thumb joints also getting
sore.  Not the other fingers, just the thumbs - ...

In mid-November I went to watch the Christmas parade and had to stand
at that for about an hour and a half. After that I felt a large lump
under my right foot which I showed the doctor. I had the area exrayed,
and the results were that my foot had flattened so much that there was

Donna G :  How are you doing? How is Sara doing any update there.
Adelle: How is your sads doing? are you doing better now. How is Alex doing?
Gwen: How are you doing? How is Jason doing?
Paul H: How is he doing? Any update yet Rosie.