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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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GrammyKat 07/03/2013

Do any of you ever lose control of your legs. Where they just don't want to support you and you grab on to anything close by or fall? I ran into the grocery store for a couple of items today and standing in line, my legs just quit. I am fairly use to this happening at home, but not so much in public. At home I tend to stay on my feet too long at a time, but today I was not on them very long at all. I have no idea what this is but I am sure sick of it. Often times it comes with dizziness and nausea. I don't know if this is related to the RA or what. Any ideas?

bluedogs2 07/07/2013

Yes - hormonal issues are present - Liver checks every month to 6 weeks show normal functions and no numbers out of range more that 2 % (two). Male levels are low by 50% and attributed to age and life style (becoming more sedentary due to circulatory issues and RA fatigue). Using supplemental creams to restore normal levels - improvements noted in last two blood work ups.

DO has prescribed B-12 600 mcg (as methylcobalamin) embedded in NuMedica Foundation Essentials for Men and Women. Rheumy knows about the B-12 but no one has ever questioned the correlation between hormones and enzymes and that's where I was going with my thought process

I could be barking up a tree, but am looking into the dark corners trying to understand why things are happening on several fronts. Next series of questions will be directed to metabolism of B-12 when cyanide is present and known to exist .... !

Peace

Bluedogs2

bluedogs2 07/07/2013

Sorry - yes - Estradiol levels are recorded at their highest of 485 and have returned to 38 blood work before last - last blood work was 42. Thus my question about hormones and enzymes

Peace

Bluedogs2

bluedogs2 07/07/2013

GrammyKat

I apologize for tuning your question into this long discussion about things that have very little bearing on your discussion / question / concern,

I have sent Triad a message and we'll take my issues out of this discussion so's not to bore all.

I hope that your legs have returned to their normal or better than normal function.

Again, my apologizes.

Peace to you and all who read this

Bluedogs2

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