Anyone know if Glucosamine has an adverse effect on blood pressure?
BP was normal in August. Then I started taking Glucosamine. Now it's
high enough to hinder me having my knee replaced.
Other factors might be having an effect too - I'm screwed up rigid at

Wisdom from Grandpa
* Whether a man winds up with a nest egg, or a goose egg,
depends a lot on the kind of chick he marries.
* Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy

A good piece of chocolate has about 200 calories. As I enjoy two servings
per night, and a few more on weekends, I consume 3,500 calories of chocolate
in a week, which equals one pound of weight per week.
Therefore... In the last 3 1/2 years, I have had a chocolate caloric intake

I am presently looking for a new doctor (GP) since the one I had been using
for 7 years retired.  I really liked him and two of his employees were real
good friends of our family.  I started out with one of his partners (before
he retired), but he is now a resident advisor for the ...

Just before I was to start Remicade at the end of last month I
experienced congestive heart failure.  I feel good now but still have
a fibrillation problem to fix.  
My RD won't put me on Remicade because of the heart problem so I'll be

i liked my physical therapist right away when i met her this afternoon.  she
was nice and quick to spot things.  basically, her assessment was that i was
almost functional, and there's still some swelling and tenderness.  also
said that my sense of balance is absent, which was ...

Does anyone know of a good rhuemy in any of these areas?  Thanks so
much....
Harry

Went to see my Dr on Tuesday to get my BP measured again. This time it
had come down to within the "satisfactory" range so she said she'd write
to the hospital and tell them they could go ahead.
Had a phone call from the admissions department the same afternoon to

Aloha, I just joined this group and was wondering if you could give me
some advice. I have longstanding RA with several cubital and carpal
tunnel surgeries etc and am still having horrific problems with my
elbow. Anyone else in the same boat? Thanks!!!!!!

to the FDA, that is.  My RD called about the path report.  We can't be sure
what the interaction between the inflammed lymph nodes and small bowel and
malabsorption has been, but there is obvioulsy some sort of link.  So my
details are off to the FDA.  And all these years I've ...

5-year-old Timmy asks his mom where he came from?
Mom spends the entire day worrying about how to do the "birds and bees"
lesson.
After all her explanation is finished, Timmy says, "I knew all that already.

hey im 18 and i have rheumatoid arthritis. i was wondering if there is
any food i should be avoiding or eating more of or if there is
anything out there to help the pain. i am on medication, i take
painkillers and i use anti inflammitory creams but nothing is working.

How are you both doing with your recoveries from your hip replacements?
Time to update us all!!!
Kiki, has been quite some time---you doing ok???
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I thought I would post them while I remembered to do so. ;0)
Happy Birthday Jean and Becky and any other October bdays out there.
October
10/20 Jean

I suspect I have developed an incisional hernia at one of the sites he used
for the laparoscopic curgery last week.  It's been quite painful all along,
from the first time I got up (and the nurse said it was normal then!).  Now
it's drifting towards the next site over as well.  ...