hi I'm Erina .I have had neuropsychiatric lupus for 43 years Any one out
there I can share experiences with?
Warmest wishes
Erina

Think I have seen you mention having hearing loss. Someone on the arthritis
group is experiencing hearing loss and posted something she found while
reading up on the subject.  No idea if this is anything for you, but I
thought I'd post it anyway.

I don't think I've written to group since I joined. I have been diagnosed
with  RA, lupus and Sjogren's. This started more than two years ago. I
missed the last month of school because I was so tired. Hemoglobin was 7.8
and I was having unexplained intestinal bleeding. It was never ...

I did it this evening.  It was really quite simple...I don't know why
you were tripping. :-Þ
I went to my neighbors, so I had someone to call 911 for me.  It was
just the aspirating part that scared me, but I had the nurse show me

I'm sure some folks here have tried Atkins.  Did you have problems
with it?  I've been doing Atkins for 12 days and have lost 5 pounds,
but feel crummy.  No fever, mouth sores or other blantant SLE symptoms
- more of the vague things like nausea, muscle weakness and

Well, thanks to lupus and plaquenil, I have an all over staph and strep
infection.  My face looks horrible!  Very inflamed and itching.  Stubborn
me, didn't go to the dr until it hit my face.  It's been in the bend of my
leg and on my legs for days... not to mention I have a sore ...

Just wondering how much snow you got & if you're okay?  It's a lot of
work to shovel that  snow....don't overdo it, unless you already did.  :
)
Hugs,

I've taken Celebrex for at least a 1 1/2 yrs now.  I've not had problems
with it but I wonder if I'm developing some.
For at least the last 6 months I've started itching.  Mainly on
arms/shoulders, face/head/neck, thighs, chest, back  and hands.  Geez, I

Update from down south here ... school holidays for young B and J, and
extremely hot weather (38 deg C, that's over 100F!) Lots of reading to catch
up here, hello to everyone, lots of new people!
The work on the old bus we are kitting out as the motorhome is going gently

i was just rx'd mobic for osteo athritis in my hip.  i can't take
celebrex or bextra and won't take vioxx (two people i know i very
strange behavior - even for them - while on vioxx so i'll pass) so the
rheumie says this is the next best.  he started me out on 7.5 mg to see

How are you with your tonsil situations?
Please let us know.
Hugs
J

thanks for caring so much about me.  I am still having lung trouble, which
may be leading to potential heart trouble.  I need to keep my winter
bronchitis to a minimum, or my heart rate shoots up to 130 or so.  And of
course the albuterol doesn't help much with the heart rate ...

Oh!  I'm happy.  I get my Tramadol 240 at a time & I just got quoted a
price of $17.50 at the university hospital today.  I couldn't believe
it.  I made her *&* the operator verify it. LOL!  They were nearly
40.00, then went to 70.00 & back to 40.00 & now less than 20.00!  I

Hey gang,
In another forum I read about the advantages of consuming Coconut Oil in
your diet. Does anyone know about this?
Sounded too good to be true.

Thanks so much for your care and support. Thank you especially to those
who contacted me personally, re. cards, etc. And anyone, feel free to
contact me directly at grace@casselman.net. I'm happy to provide more
info on the whole stem cell thing or whatever.