I lurk constantly and post occasionally.  I've recently been having problems
with my left wrist.  Xray showed severe
osteo-arthritis-arthritis,osteoporosis, a previously fractured wrist and
some bone growth at the base of the thumb bone.  I have osteo-arthritis-

Is there anybody with RA in bay area, california?

    I am back after a very busy and sometimes frustrating time in
Baltimore. It was frustrating from the point of view that there was
sooo much work to do, the assignments were quite difficult and
sometimes difficult to understand as well, and the time just seemed to

The past few weeks, the arthritis has gotten into my hands and fingers , and
they have become swollen, especially in the morning.
As the day progresses they are not as swollen but they have not come back to
normalcy.

Squirrely Jo wrote:

The wiring is OLD and undersized to handle all the

Alvinstraight38@hotmail.com wrote:

Dear Folks,
I come here for advice of all types.  My son will be flying in about
two weeks to visit his brother.  This will be his first time since a
very young child.  No one else in my family has flown since then.  I

A farewell to Farrell's
County's last parlor closes Monday
*By Frank Green *
Saturday, July 29, 2006

Hello folks..... I've popped in and out of here for a few years.  I have
several forms of arthritis and have been having good results on both
osteo and muscular versions from taking Glucosamine Sulphate.
A friend of mine, male 65, is diabetic and has just been diagnosed with

<<snip>>
there is significant bone loss
<<snip>>
Osteoporos Int. 2005 Dec;16(12):1809-14. Epub 2005 Jun 1. Related

Dear Friends,
You might remember that I had neck problems for some time now.  I had a
MRI about 2 1/2 weeks ago.  It was upright - nothing was directly in
front of me.  So I didn't have claustrophobia problems.  Today I

I want to make some jellies for the bake sale at the upcoming BIG V-J Day
celebration here, specifically jellies made with stuff grown here at the
rectory.  We inherited a very productive grape vine but homemade grape jelly
is not unique here.  I thought I'd make grape/mint jelly ...

I received this from Squirrely Jo earlier in the year,
and I am glad I saved it for the "health" files here.
Fifth disease: a common childhood ailment
Dr. Paul Donohue

Nell wrote:

Is there anybody with RA in bay area, california?