Just had a phone call from the hospital to confirm they have a bed for
me tomorrow. So I have to turn up there at 7:30 tomorrow morning. By
this time tomorrow I should have a new knee!
Twitching madly!

Thanks sweetie for the stamps from all of us on ASA. We appreciate them. It
keeps the card ministry going. You take care and heal up that rib, i know
how it goes.
At least you have a reason for your broken rib, a fall. I broke mine the

I'm still having a lot of trouble with the neck injury I received in the car
accident back in May.  Does anybody know anything about "straight neck
syndrome"?  I was rear ended really HARD!  I have been receiving treatment
from a physical therapist.  I'm beginning to wonder if ...

When you here TGAF fantasizing about Girls Aloud, you know
there's only one social networking site left for him!
http://www2.saga.co.uk/sagazone/
lol

Joe asked:

And Kate answered:

5:42am - i'm sleeping soundly.
5:43am - a smoke alarm starts going off.
5:44am - the sound finally registers, wakes me up enough so that my brain
identifies it.  i'm not awake enough to remember all the stuff about what to

Hi Kate,
My name is Polly and I'm the one working on the Arthritis Today
article on Perfectionism. Thought your comments to my last post were
very helpful and I'd like to visit with you about them. Could I call

I got a shot today (in my backside) from the rheumatologist for joint
pain/inflammation. It was kenalog but I don't know the dosage. It has
been about 6 hours and I'm having severe nausea and serious vomiting
plus muscle pain and mild headache. I had one shot last year with no

How can I prevent arthritis from recurring? Can I find some treatment
for it? How good is the treatment?

First of all a little background:  I have dealt with some low back pain
on and off for years.  Had a few bulging discs.  One herniated disc.
But with meds, rest and physical therapy I was always able to over come
it and get back to functioning relatively normal.  Well again I am

I have serious chronic back pain and arthritic pain in both knees.  I
cannot take NSAIDs any longer due to stomach pain.  Vitamin C also
bothers my stomach.  Tylenol does nothing.    When I was on Celebrex
it was quite helpful but it also bothers my stomach.

Had my ankle fused in July '07 after losing all cartilage secondary to
a fracture (I'm in my 50's). I was told that the recovery time is
about 9 months, and I'm less than half way there. Still having tons of
pain and needing percocet for relief. Gastrocnemus muscle was

Subject: Kitchen Fire Instructions-Good Info
Please read this and watch the video.
This is so  important ... as old as I am I never heard of doing the
wet towel thing... but I  will remember it after seeing this.

i got a major cold a few weeks ago which I am just recovering from.  I
actually missed my family's gathering for my dad's memorial in
phoenix.  It took me longer to get over this than I thought it
should.  I actually send almost a week in bed and than another week

"80% of phosphatidylcholine recipients discontinued steroid therapy "
Ann Intern Med. 2007 Nov 6;147(9):603-610.
Phosphatidylcholine for Steroid-Refractory Chronic Ulcerative Colitis:
A Randomized Trial.Stremmel W, Ehehalt R, Autschbach F, Karner M.