My nine year anniversary of being ill was April 7, 2006.  It has now
been nine months since my Lyme (plus Bartonella plus Babesia plus
Ehrlichia) diagnosis.  For the first time in nine years, I feel like I
am on a good path with my health.  I still have a ways to go, but

I am reading all the elbow posts and don't seem to find my miserable
situation.  Several years ago I fell and broke the left arm so there is an
8" rod and at least 6 screws in  that arm.  Earlier I had a revision in the
left elbow and that did lessen the pain some.  Both elbows ...

Well I told the doctor today about your comments that it might be one of my
medicines and she said, yes, the Lisinopril could be the culprit, but before
she started futzing with my med cocktail which apparently had been working
well for quite some time she wanted to run me ...

  What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895
--Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they
only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us
have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

I got an email from Mare on April 11th.
She told me to tell you all hi. I would have sooner but this is the first I
can be on because of the storms.
I hope you don't mind me saying something Mare. But Mare lost her father a

From medscape:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/528188_4
The conclusion of this study:
"We have shown that methotrexate-treated PsA patients have a higher

Saw your post in the thread Adelle, about how I was doing with the storms.
We are ok, we are not down from the levee breaks or in an area where high
waters will get us.
I do believe we had a funnel cloud here yesterday though.

Dear Folks,
This was just so funny to me.  I periodically send letters to groups of
people.  But I still need to do something with the item or I want to
file the letter for keep.  So I always include myself in the sending.

i finally got used to using the neti pot last year and it definitely
helped. now that pollen time is here, i want to use it again, but have
a question. for those of you who use distilled water, how do you get it
warm? for those of you who don't, do you just use warm tap water? i was

ok, it's at my house. we're having honey-baked ham. i need ideas for
side dishes that my son-in-law can eat. he's allergic to wheat, dairy
and eggs, so no butter etc. any ideas?
diane

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.  My dad is in the hospital
under hospice care.  As most of your know this can be a very trying
time for the family.
Niki had a second shunt replacement last month after the one she got in

"The Food and Drug Aministration authorized use of the "X-stop" -  a
thumb of
titanium on a mount that fits to a vertebra in the lower back - to
reduce

I was just told yesterday i have arthritis in all vertabreas of my
neck, any hope for this, to get better, and how do I deal with the pain?

I don't have lymphoma but know someone getting treated for it and one
doc says it was brought on by the RA. Would appreciate anything you
could share about that or treatment in general. Thanks.
johnie

is anyone here on it yet? i know KJ was (it's also called abatacept),
but haven't seen her around in a long time. kimmy are you here? do you
know how she's doing?
i've maxed out on remicade and arava. 10 mg/kg body weight. unreal.