MCTD Support Group
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) or Sharp's syndrome is a human autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body. MCTD combines features of polymyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic scleroderma and is thus considered an overlap syndrome. MCTD commonly causes joint pain/swelling, Raynaud phenomenon, muscle inflammation, and scarring of...
Good morning!
Got my car back today, finally. Now I have no money. There was no gas in it. Thought there was some when I took it in. Strange. Maybe I remembered wrong.
Got my daughters computer fixed yesterday. Had a virus. But that was under warrenty.
My husband finished physical therapy today. Now it is my turn. Maybe it will help my hip.
How many of you take steroids regularly. My rheumy has me on daily doses. I worry about it but dont think I could go on without it. I dont take pain meds except for celebrex. Is it a trade off?
Mary Ann
Got my car back today, finally. Now I have no money. There was no gas in it. Thought there was some when I took it in. Strange. Maybe I remembered wrong.
Got my daughters computer fixed yesterday. Had a virus. But that was under warrenty.
My husband finished physical therapy today. Now it is my turn. Maybe it will help my hip.
How many of you take steroids regularly. My rheumy has me on daily doses. I worry about it but dont think I could go on without it. I dont take pain meds except for celebrex. Is it a trade off?
Mary Ann
Steroids vs. pain meds is a tough one. When I was a kid, I used steroids and now I use pain meds... more regularly than I would like, but my headaches have been terrible in the evening from all this reading. When you are older, I think steroids are more for inflammatory crises, and they are probably great for that.
My foot is better, but my hip is in terrible shape. Got to get back to work, having trouble staying organized, but my memory and cognitive issues have cleared remarkably.
--Cat