i have been to the doctor and to the ra doc. about this pain in my ribs and
mostly in my sternum. i mean really severe pain. it hurts to breath, cough,
turn over in bed, or move at all. the doc thought i might have a fracture,
xrays were taken and no fractures.  so what is it? i go ...

HEALTHBEAT:  Skipping Medicine Doses Can Be Deadly, New Study Says
Monday, July 30, 2007      09:57 PDT
WASHINGTON, D.C.  --  Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people
don't take their medicine correctly _ or quit taking it altogether _ and the

I am newly diagnosed by my rheumatologist with OA and a Baker's cyst. I have
had the pain and swelling in my knees for about 4 months. Sometimes also,
swelling of the ankles and feet. Before that it started gradually with
stiffness in one knee. Xrays in May showed no arthritis, ...

This is Rose.  Some of you may still remember me.  I use to post the
Welcome Package.  It has been a long time since I have posted online.
Due to health reasons I had to stop.  I do have some good news.  The
new, expanded edition of the Fibromyalgia Welcome Package is now on

Life in these northern zones gets so busy in the summer!  I have, of course,
been quietly building a flare since getting completely off the vacation
medrol.  About a week ago the feet began kicking in and now the little toe on
my left foot is tormenting me.  That toe would have ...

My wife who is 53 years old and in otherwise great shape, just had her 3rd total hip replacement in 8 months.  The need for a hip replacement started with avascular necrosis of her femoral head and neck likely due to an earlier traumatic injury.  The problem now is a total lack ...

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This was his second replacement and the day before, on his last show, he was
really apprehensive about it this time around.

We are all blessed in so many different ways, both large and small.
Often, though, we focus on the rough patches in our lives instead of the
blessings. The blessings really are there EVERY day, if we so choose to
see them.  

Wow, what a difference a day makes!!!
It really cooled down quite a bit here overnight. High today has just
managed to climb to 74 and quite breezy.   Sooo, got into a cooking
mood this afternoon.

I'm trying to find a headset that I can use.  My hands are too mucked up to
hold a receiver any more.   The portable phones have such idiotically such
small dialing buttons that I could scream.
I just got a Plantronics CT12 system and the buttons are worthless.  Their

Hi, Everyone;
Things here have been busy and - well, hard. My Mom is truly in the
last part of her journey. Could really use your input on a couple of
issues. Hope you don't mind.

Surgery nothing like 7 years ago.
Then it was level 3 pain - tolerable.
This time - level 8 for 2 days , decreasing to level 6 and level 4.
Everything (except pain) went downhill from there.  10:45 am Thursday Mary,

waaah! i am just a mess these days.
after my last remicade, i started flaring (not the first time this has
happened. my doctor says i'm strange. . . ). anyhow, my hands and feet
ached, and also my gums. . . or the bones beneath my gums. hard to

Hey Nanny, thank you for all those cards. It blew me away. They are
beautiful and will be so helpful for me sending them out. I appreciate it.
It means alot to all of us.
I was kind of ticked because the mail man threw them in the garage. I had

I've done a search, and there is some info out there, but I'm lazy at
heart (and in body)...  I'd like to ask a couple of questions:
1)  Is anyone currently on Kineret?
2)  Does the hurt ever go away during injection?