last two days when I try to walk or even put weight on my one foot, i get
this feeling like someone is stabbing me with a needle, pin,  but it is
coming from the inside out, it started in the ball area of the foot, in the
middle, now it is kind of moving around.

I got a Nintendo Wii! Last night I bowled for the first time since i
got RA (20 years) and it was fun! The Wii is pretty user friendly-
though my wrist did get sore- then I let hubby bowl for a while. I
think it will just be some fun extra exercise and recreation. Just

A number of people have been expressing that they are having a hard time
getting their insurance to pay for certain medications.  I was talking to my
sister this morning, who is a medical claims processor, and she reminded me
of something that bears mentioning.

Carole - in your new eating habits (did not use the d word), did you/do you
ever have a day when you say "Today I am going to eat anything that passes
in front of me!"? That's what I am doing today. Whatever my mouth says would
be nice, I've eaten. It's been a long, long time ...

I don't get migraines often and they are usually not severe, just
occasionally.  More to the point of the moment, I get migraines without
headaches occasionally.  For the third time ever, about noon today, I
suddenly got an aura, a crescent shaped visual disturbance with jagged

Good Morning to ya!
I've had one cup of coffee so I should be able to be slightly coherent
(which is a step above normal for me!)
Doc says p.t. to try to loosen the back up some and pain clinic for

Dear friends at the ASA group
I went to Perth West OZ to see my Rheumy good news I am back on Enbrel
also have to take Preds 10mg daily with the 2 drugs together I will
maintan my pain at a lower end of the chain. The Enbrel that I had

In Response to today's growing health problems, many concerned
individuals have turned to nutritional supplementation and alternative
health care for answers. It may surprise you to discover that one of
the most promising discoveries in the health and wellness arena

In Response to today's growing health problems, many concerned
individuals have turned to nutritional supplementation and alternative
health care for answers. It may surprise you to discover that one of
the most promising discoveries in the health and wellness arena

most of you already know the technical/medical blah, blah, blah about my
spine.  so, i don't need to go there.
about two weeks ago, i dropped an unopened quart of mudslide on my hardwood
livingroom floor (i know, i know.  you're supposed to drink it.  i already

SUBJECT: IRISH GAS STATION
Taking a wee break from the golf course, Tiger Woods drives his new Mercedes
into an Irish gas station.
An attendant greets him in typical Irish manner, unaware who the golf pro

Kate wrote:

If you remember, I got my pcp to prescribe lidoderm patches for me last
week. Went to pick them up and was told insurance had to pre-approve them
even though it is a covered med under my plan. Found out today that they
refuse to grant coverage for them because I don't have ...

Carole wrote somewhere in "disabiled parking":

This is the response I got from Washington's Dept of Licensing -
"Thank you for your email to Director Liz Luce regarding parking on the
campus of Western Washington University.  The Director's office has
asked me to respond to you directly.