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- I've been losing hair for 3-4 months. I developed menopause quite abruptly during the summer last year with horrible hot flashes, mood swings, difficult sleeping (which was hard anyway), and dry skin. About 4 months ago I noticed more hair in the...
- I've NOT had much fun getting to this point...but finally, one last hurdle to jump through.I had high liver enzymes twice - a few years apart and Enbrel was the culprit. During first episode in Dec 2011, I had a liver biopsy so that I knew all was...
- I have a mild/moderate case of diverticulitis. Went to ER last night thinking I ripped a muscle or got a hernia. I was dx about 20yrs ago with IBS and have been suffering from constipation for a couple months. Have GI apt as liver follow on Nov 9 so...
- I have RA and I understand getting Grave's can be common with another autoimmune. I am not diagnosed. But I would like any helpful tips I can get. In April, my TSH was 1.01 (only did TSH) and my female hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone,...
- My anxiety is ridiculous, but I have stumbled onto something curious. High anxiety (fright or flight kind) can increase cortisol production. So can a lot of other things. If cortisol is produced in excess, it can be immunosuppressing. While this is...
- I've been seeing the same rheum. since 2011. This last visit, I felt a bit thrown off by him as he dismissed me. My last blood work was 6 weeks ago and it was good. (normal sed, normal crp, normal cbc, cmp) I'm hurting in my legs, which he said...
- I was reading about butt fat loss. Most older people get it. I've got it and I'm not even 50 yet! I never had much of a rear section though.Anyone else have lipoatrophy of their "booty" that they think is RA related?
- I'm just wondering what neurological issues everyone has with their RA?
- Do many of you have pain as a result of a looonngg day that is just one sided? My left hip, knee, calf, and ankle ACHE tonight. It was the left ankle and calf last night too. It feels somewhat "RAish" but it's super achey too. Especially my calf....
- I've been taking Klonopin (just .25mg each night even though my rx is up to 1 mg daily). This is allowing me to sleep well, has lowered my blood pressure to normal, and I'm waking feeling rested and with very little RA pain.Obviously, I'm not in a...
- I just went to my first airrosti session. The idea is to hold off on getting radiofrequency ablation on my lumbar facet joints. (burning the nerves)I must say I am really impressed but it's not for everyone! If you remember my posts, I've...
- I caved. I can't handle my anxiety anymore. I saw a therapist and tomorrow will meet with a psychiatrist. I'll start counseling to try to bring my anxiety down to a normal level. RA won. My liver is normal, but while waiting for that to happen since...
- My lumbar spine MRI results came in. I have two facet joints that are responsible for my lower back pain...other than that the MRI was fine. L1 is the worst but L3 gets second place. It's osteoarthritis. I already had a steroid injection into these...
- So, RA is supposed to be "mostly" caused by over production of either IL-6, TNF, or T-Cell activity...and I'm sure research will uncover additional types of cytokines that affect RA, especially since the drugs that target these still leave people...
- I saw a thread by Kimberly97 back in 2013 about twitching, but at the time, the only twitching I experienced was occasionally. Now, every single night before sleep, my legs twitch or have little vibrations everywhere. They are gone by the time I...