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- Found this this morning. It is an editorial, not particularly factual, but the guy makes some good points. I assume the companies he is talking about are for Medicare Part D, as I, at least, don't have a separate prescription...
- For those of you who read the RA Warrior blog (and if you don't, you should), Kelly Young has reappeared after six months or so- new post yesterday. Let's hope it's the first of many more.
- Last week I had surgery on my messed-up shoulder. Getting through the pre-op screenings was a total nightmare. I ended up going over there for a health history, EKG, and labs. In the process, they did an EMR with the attached patient portal. It's...
- Many of us stumble upon or seek out research studies. I came across a great article on how to evaluate articles and the conclusions reached. Here's the link: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/evaluating-treatment-claims-a-primer/#more-32302It's...
- There have been several threads on here about turmeric. Here's what, in my opinion, is a really good article about it.http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/turmeric-tasty-in-curry-questionable-as-medicine/#more-31957Looks like there are some...
- So, this week my rheumy called in the script for a new vile little vial of meth. The pharmacy has tried twice to order it, but their suppliers have it backordered. Some of you who have been at this for awhile may remember this situation from a...
- I'm just plain sick of this crap. All of it.I've had my 14th dose of Orencia this week. Good stuff. No side effects, and it really seems to be kicking in. It's summer, and it's been nice. Not too hot, chilly at night, my favorite. So what's...
- As I remember, several of us, including me, started Orencia at about the same time. I saw on RATrooper's thread that she is grossly underwhelmed with it so far. What do we all think?I'm just about done with my third box, and I'm starting to have a...
- I know plenty of people here struggle with depression. I just saw an article, link below, that I found interesting.It talks about blood tests for different types of depression. One type is linked to low folate levels. We all take folic acid...
- Really, how can you tell the difference?One of my shoulders has been a problem for months. Now, I'm afraid that Something Bad happened to it (reached for something several days ago, loud noise, loud pain, NOT getting better) but how can you tell? ...
- Let's face facts, here: we all know I'm a skeptic on dietary causes of RA, gluten-free faddism, etc. I still am, but I found this article...
- I've noticed that a lot of you say you're using Voltaren gel on your hands. I also know that this site is full of animal lovers. Just want to pass this along: I read on another site about a woman whose cat got very, very ill from Voltaren gel. ...
- I had an interesting experience last night. I was in a group of folks, and was chatting with two long-time friends. One of them has had surgery, two types of chemo, and now radiation over the last six months. (She should do fine after all is...
- I'm not particularly a germophobe, and one look at my house would confirm that. However, there's one thing that is making me nuts: when someone licks their finger repeatedly to turn pages or count money. A coworker just did this to a notebook in...
- I've seen several references, both recently and in the past, to people being musicians, whether church choir, teaching, amateur, professional. Do tell: what do you do musically? Can you still do it?I'm still trying to play violin/viola pretty...