I am planning to buy a thermophore kit for my mom who is suffering
with arthritis. She has lot of pain in knee joints. She is around 60
yrs old.  I want to know if it is safe to use and if its a good
product...

I dont know who to talk to,  i wwnt to let people know that a prescribed
medicine the dr put me on put me in the hospital 6 times, i lost 40 lbs, and
had about every test on stomack , intestines,  etc.  i also had to take
imodium for a year and a half for the runs,  all the drs ...

I've not been in newsgroups since February - had to take a bit of a break
due to real life and work.  A bit of a reminder prompted me to come back
however.
Hope everyone is as well as they can be and managed okay last week in that

Does anyone know if there is anything to that talk about the effects of
weather and climate on RA?  I keep hearing people, even some who might know,
say that the weather is to blame if I ache and it is hot or cold of wet or
dry.  I have always assumed this was untrue because I ...

THIS IS CREEPY!

A Texas Highway Patrolman pulled a car over and told the driver that because
he had been wearing his seat belt, he had just won $5,000 in the
statewide safety competition.
"What are you going to do with the money?" asked the Highway Patrolman

I had new orthotics made to accomodate the lump on the bottom of my
foot. I wore them all day yesterday, and found them to be very
comfortable.
I also went for my first fitting of my custom made shoes. My toes fall

Last week the primary doc sent me to have the ANA and the Rheumatoid
Arthritis Factor blood tests done.  They both came back Normal.  He told me
that doesn't mean I don't have it, I just not in a bad enough flare at this
point for it to show.  He is concerned that I'm still so ...

I'm thinking of buying one of those things that goes on a chair that has
rollers in it that massages the back.  Any experience or recommendations?
I have a cheap one that heats and vibrates, but vibrations do nothing for my
spine.

There was a feud between the Pastor and the Choir  Director of The
Hicksville Southern Baptist Church.
It seems the first hint of trouble  came when the Pastor preached on
"dedicating yourselves to service" and the Choir Director chose to sing: "I

Well the RD that Duckie referred me to has left the immediate area. He's
moved to a Boston Hospital (He was out in the suburbs 25 miles from Boston)
but has a private office another 15 miles south of where he was before.
I think I'm going to call his new office and see whether he ...

i love this site. find it very relaxing. enjoy.
diane
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

   This I believe is my first time posting in this / these newsgroups(s).
Ever since about 1990 or 1991 I have had lower back pain at times and at
times very severe.  I have also had what I thought was just the aging
process at age 28 at the time...I am now 35, white male live ...

   Thanks ASA. :-) Got to feeling mopey and decided to call up my RD's
office and sweet talk his nurse into having him look at the May lab test
results. He said about the Humira to go-go-go! I like his game better and
trust it more.

hi group,
i'm on my way to johns hopkins today for the annual cat scan of the
growth in my pancreas. this growth is a type that often turns malignant
after 5-15 years. i've had it at least eight. every year they check to