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- My dad had this, making our hard to put his hands in his pockets. My sister has had one surgery. I have RA and my pinkies are curling! Anyone else have an autoimmune connection?
- I have read several articles about how a three -day fast can reset your immune system. Thinking of giving it a try, but am unsure whether to do a water only fast or some variation with maple...
- Howdy,For the past five weeks, I have been battling ear infection, throat infection, and now bronchitis/lund infection. Haha. We complain about doctors not listening, and it's true! I kept telling them that something wasn't right and they would say,...
- Friday at lunch, I began throwing up, finally stopping about 5 p.m. the smallest amount of Gatorade or water would bring it back within mi urges. Ugh. I can never remember being this ill ever. I realized that the mtx suppressing my immune system...
- Wolrd Autoimmune Arthritis Day is May 20, 2012.http://worldautoimmunearthritisday.org/They are hosting online conference for us! This is a legitimate non-profit organization in the U.S. You can register now and it's free. They will have various...
- Just got back from the doctor's office with tons of good news and thought I'd share (so newbies don't think the future is always grim).Joint pain-- zeroswelling- zeroblood sugar-- now normal (SO excited about this)vitamin D- up to 64 (from a low...
- The National Database for Rheumatic Diseases just sent me my semi-annual survey about how I'm doing, my meds, etc. I encourage you to join the survey. They use our info to track and research things on a Mega scale. In the newsletter, they have...
- Today I finally went and got my wedding ring cut off. The jeweler felt sorry for me. it hasn't been off in 18 months... they tried to cut it off from the palm see, but I couldn't straighten my fingers enough and the little saw started cutting me....
- On another post, I drifted to a fish oil discussion, so, rather than hijack that thread, I started this one!Research shows that an imbalance of omega 3s and 6s will cause inflammation. Our food supply has altered over the last 100 years. Cattle,...
- I've searched DS for Vitamin D deficiency and it comes up with hundreds of posts for many years... so I am starting a new one.Last week, they found my Vitamin D level was really low and put me on 10,000 IU for five days a week. They will retest the...
- Wow, what kind of an idiot am I?P!!!Got in the car this afternoon with the hubby and I'm driving. I slammed the door on my own hand while sitting in the car! Now how awkward is that!? I smashed the DIP joint on the three middle fingers of my left...
- Sitting at work, mildly freaked out. My hands are a bit swollen today, so I took the max prednisone I have been prescribed, 15 mg. I usually take 5 mg per day. Anyway, the left hand fingers do not want to uncurl or flatten out. The pinky finger...
- I've read several stories and posts about possible triggers for RA and have seen 'infections' listed many times. I've also seen that some folks take long-term antibiotics to try and 'kill' whatever is inside them.Check out this research article...
- I just received an odd-sized mailer from Orencia. Postage alone was$1.68. Then four-color printed letter (odd sized paper) and a folder with a styrofoam insert to keep things from wrinkling (I guess) and the folder only had two sheets of paper- one...
- Shelly's lament that folks did not respond to her post resulted in my learning that there are general discussions, recommendations, and advice under the discussions. I read her posts and the replies and began searching diligently for the 'advice'...