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- Hello everyone. It's been awhile since I've been on the discussion board. Since being diagnosed with DM about 5 years ago, I've mostly just been out living my life with my husband and 2 children. I was lucky enough to be diagnosed fairly early...
- Has anyone else experienced chronic nausea during a flare? I have had almost constant nausea for the past few weeks. I have little to no appetite. I have a weird feeling in my chest that is very hard to describe. Kind of a "tightness" but (and I...
- Hey everyone. Its been awhile since I've checked in. Just trying to get thru life one day at a time. Like everyone else I guess. :) I was diagnosed with DM in August of 2011. I have been having issues lately with what I can only describe as...
- Hello everyone...I havent posted in awhile. I had another surgery recently. This time a hernia repair and have been dealing with ongoing GI issues. Now my GI doc wants me to have a colonoscopy to screen me for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative...
- This is an oldie but a goodie. I thought that some of our new members would enjoy it. :) -AngieThe Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino www.butyoudontlooksick.com My best friend and I were in the diner, talking. As usual, it was very late and we...
- I am seeing my family doctor tomorrow for what I believe is a sinus infection. I'm sure he is going to want to put me on an antibiotic but I wasnt sure if with my being on Prednisone and Methotrexate, if I was limited in what types of antibiotics I...
- Ugh...I just get so stinking frustrated dealing with this disease! My rheumy had me tapering off Prednisone. I wasnt doing well with it, so we slowly went back up. I am up to 10 mg again. It has helped with most of my pain at that level though I...
- My husband showed me an article this morning that was in this last week's edition of Sports Illustrated. It is about a wrestler who developed PM. It was a very interesting article to read. I'm never happy to read about someone with PM or DM but...
- The past couple of weeks I have noticed more pain in my knees. So bad it keeps me awake at night. This is new. I have had pain in my upper thighs but not my knees. I have also noticed that I occasionally get really blue looking fingertips. ...
- I know there have been several posts about this type of problem lately but I wanted to post my particular problem and see if anyone had any advice.Just to bring everyone up to speed, I was diagnosed with DM in Aug '10. Before my diagnosis, one of my...
- Has anyone else experienced hair loss? I have been on varying doses of Prednisone since August (down to 5 mg now) and have been on 15 mg of injectable MTX for about 5 weeks now. I actually started MTX almost 3 months ago but had to go off of it for...
- Hello everyone. Its been a while since I have posted an update and I have 30 minutes before I have to leave to pick up my kids from school so here goes. :)I am doing well now post-gallbladder removal on Nov. 8th. That was a rough recovery. I dont...
- Hello everyone....its been awhile since I've been on the board. Trying to heal from my gallbladder surgery. What a mess. I am finally up and around more but still continue to have some soreness which I'm sure will probably last for awhile longer....
- I had my gallbladder removed 5 days ago due to it only functioning at 19% and having constant pain and nausea when I would eat. at first,my docs thought it was from my steroid use (I also have dermatomyositis). So we did a quick taper off my...
- Well, the recovery from my gallbladder surgery this past Tuesday has been a lot worse than I expected. I had a lot of gas pain throughout my abdomen and right shoulder from all the air they pump into you during the procedure. I also had a lot of...