I am nearly 60 and have OA in my hips..Been a steadly increasing prob. over
the last 3 years (or more) ...recently pain n stiffness become so bad that I
can't go out as I can't walk well enough.
I am using ONLY Co-codamol (mostly 500 + 8 as straight from the chemist) in

I just got this diagnosis yesterday from my Rhuemy.  Positive HLA B27
and symptoms of chest pain when breathing, lots of soreness and
stiffness in joints, possible IBD.  I'm a 47 year old female, so I'm a
little surprised at this diagnosis.  I thought for sure I had Lupus.

Hey guys,
Thanks so much for responding.
I started by taking 3 MTX @ 2.5 mgs per week.  Then the new rheumy told
me that the dose I was on was for grannies or small children.

I am 60 and have OA in my hips...usuall story of steady getting worse over
last few years..
I used to walk a lot ...to and from work every day etc...as the OA has
become worse I have cut the walking and other wear-on-the-legs activity down

somebody asked, in private, why not dvd movies, too?!   sooo, ok, i'm
agreeable.  here are the first audio book and dvd movie donations, in random
order:
DVD MOVIES -- LIST

I have neck pain due to computer work. X-ray photo's shows wears on
joint between 5th/6th vertebrate. I would like to know if anybody has
undergone surgery to correct this and the success rate.
Thanks,

Mary,
How big was the earthquake. The ones we had in Orinda were around the 2 and
3 area that is why I classify them more of a tremor than anything else.
I didn't hear about the earthquake up your way.

I have been lurking on this newsgroup for about six months now.
I was told I have R.A. last april.  They thought that the R.A. was
inactive
and the pain I was experiencing was strictly from the carpal tunnel I

The results of our Life Line Screening tests are here. The DH got a clean
slate across the board. Hooray! For me, I have "mild to moderate carotid
artery plaque buildup not affecting blood flow velocities." The abdominal
aortic aneurysm screening and the peripheral arterial ...

My Dr used the Orencia help center to see where I stood so far as using
it with coverage by Unit.ed Health Care. The Orencia Center was unable
to decifer my coverage, but it looks like it will be considered under
my major medical- not prescription- coverage. Which means satisfying ...

62-year-old geezer again, 11 days post-surgery
MD appt. today.  He said that 20% of lateral right meniscus was
removed and amt. of swelling today was minimal and far below average.
He added the warning to not even think about crouching or running for

There is an excellent monoclonal antibody group (all the TNF inhibitors
like Remicade)
on groups yahoo com.
The group is called Remicade

Jo,
Thank you so much for the birthday card from you and Jim.  It came on a low
day and cheered my day.
Update - all symptoms still there and rotating. Right now it is vision - but

Thanks so much for the lovely birthday card! Since my bday isn't until
the 31st, you were definitely the first one to send me a card :)  But
I've decided I can have a birthday month. I've already hung it up on the
mantel.

I just stopped in for the first time in a while and I see that someone
is posting for the Firechief.
I was hoping to be able to read some of his posts, but I guess that
he's out of action.