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- Several recent posts have described doctors (MDs or their staff) selling supplements, talking up "mind-body connection", suggesting acupuncture, saying that they control their RA with "attitude", treating all patients for "chronic Lyme" and...
- I need to get this off my chest, so here comes a major rant.I've been whining around here about my shoulder problems for months. Tore a tendon last spring, had surgery over the summer, took a horrid fall straight on it onto concrete in September. ...
- I finally got to the optometrist this week. Got chewed out a bit, as it had been almost three years since my last visit. I was busy, OK? Appointment fatigue, where I just couldn't make and keep one single more stinkin' medical appointment.He...
- Speaking with a friend yesterday, he remarked that some medical complications he was having weren't causing him pain, they were just a pain in the . . . well, you know. We'll use the acronym PITA from here on. I started thinking about his comment,...
- When you make an appointment to see a new doctor for an old problem, what are the protocols, expectations, and ethics involved?gryd1963 has a post where he tells of going to a new rheumatologist for a second opinion and having the doctor assume he...
- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon.I posted a few days ago wondering whether or not to continue my less-than-fabulous biologic. Came to the decision that I should probably stay on it until I see my...
- Does anyone ever spend time wondering if the biologics are worth the money? To be clear, my insurance and the pharma company copay problem pay all but a few dollars a month. But.I've been on Orencia for a little over a year. After a few months it...
- OK, this is a new one for me.
- https://www.creakyjoints.org/rheumatoid-arthritis-favorite-myths/ This article has some great information on seronegativity, blood tests, swelling, and a few other subjects, talking about how many of us don't fit the mold..
- I found this https://www.creakyjoints.org/rheumatoid-arthritis-favorite-myths/ on the Creaky Joints blog and thought it was excellent. Well-researched and well-substantiated, the author talks about subjects that often arise here: seronegativity...
- A week or 10 days ago I started this thread http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Rheumatoid_Arthritis/forum/20126311-second-third-fourth-how-many about getting a fresh opinion.Went to see my primary today to try to get her input. She refused to weigh...
- How likely is it to get better information from yet another doctor? Warning: this gets looooong.Background: I had shoulder surgery this summer. Before I was out of the sling I took an ugly fall on the shoulder, on concrete. Since then it just...
- Here's an article by Steven Brill, the reporter who wrote the huge story in "Time" magazine last year about runaway healthcare costs. It's worth a...
- It's the time of year when we like to take stock of our lives, what we are happy with, what we would like to change.In that spirit, I have come to the conclusion that I would like to resign from the Autoimmune Disease Club. To be clear, I don't...
- If anyone has United Health insurance, read this and weep:http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5d17737562077b7212&m=febc1578766d0275&ls=fdc1157577640775731477706d&l=fe591579756d03787610&s=fdf715777567007b73107975&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe231071766206747c1076It...