I cried, I laughed, I'm recommending it in my column.

Good Afternoon Everyone,
I managed to get off pred completely. I weaned myself off it because I
didn't think I needed it. I want to see if the Imuran alone will work. My
platelets took a big drop, then recovered. I started having hand problems

I saw dr. today and because my bloodwork came back "normal" - everything
within limits- we are going to try no Imuran at all.  Mainly, my ANA came
back negative, whereas i've always had a positive.  I can't remember titers,
I just remember it always shows up.

Well, I overdid it this weekend, and am paying the price at the end of a
 very long weekend of chores, but they all have to get done sometime.
I don't know if I've updated in a while, but here goes.  My RD took my
pred down to 7.5 mg from 10mg, because I was doing well on the

Has anyone here done a colonoscopy prep that requires drinking a gallon of
something called "Colyte"?  This sounds pretty harsh to me.  I have already
put in my prescription for the dang stuff, and now I am thinking that
perhaps the stress of doing this is going to send me into one ...

Hi group,
Thought I'd share my experience with the new sun protection
company KCat told us about a while back.  I'm pleased with
my experience with them.  I put one of their products to an

Glad to say, biopsy was negative.
I still appreciate the info on Paget's.
All docs involved took this very
seriously!  Thanks again.

Hi everyone:  As I posted the other day, I am new to this group and I know I
will enjoy reading and responding to the posts.
I am the editor of my lupus chapter (Nashville) newsletter. I would love to
send yall each a copy. Just send me your address to:  lupie2@hotmail.com or

Well, I had a semi productive day.  Got the brat mutts bathed & got the
Advantage on them, so that the fleas wouldn't consume 'em.  And look at
the thanks I get!
I was taking a sheet off the clothes line & enjoying that fresh summery

I just got home a little while ago.  My colon has a perfect bill of health;
surprising to me with the way I have abused it by not eating veggies or
salads... plus the years of colonic paralysis I had due to  imipramine,
which I took for about 10 years. I remember nothing of the ...

Hi, y'all.
I've been struggling with dry eyes since mid-May. At first, I assumed
it was allergy eyes. Now the allergies are diminished to the point
that I don't even need to irrigate my sinuses twice a day.

I'm having my colonoscopy today at 1pm, and I will be out of commission
until evening, I presume.  I am also presuming that things will go just
fine, and that I will post about it tomorrow morning.  Everybody have a good
day

I have these red marks on the inside of my thighs right above my knees,
and I have no idea what they are from.  They kinda look like stretch
marks, but I'm not convinced that's what they are.  My stretch marks
usually have a shiny appearance to them, and are a bit indented like

I had an appointment scheduled with my rheumie down in SF, and I am just too
sick to go, and I just tried to reschedule my appointment... the first thing
he has available is *october!*  But you know, I know my body, and if I get
behind the wheel of a car today... it is not okay.

I am feeling pretty good tonight, but that was not the case earlier in the
day when I had a terrible migraine headache.
Sharon coaxed me through my headache with her very kind words and
suggestions, and she allayed my fears about my upcoming colonoscopy, which I