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- Quick history: diagnosed with seronegative RA 09/2013. Rheumy at the time was aggressive - we started with methotrexate, no help; went quickly to Enbrel (stopped due to no help and raging respiratory infection) and then Humira (same issue as...
- Week three (roughly) on Plaquenil. So far, so good. I don't seem to be experiencing any odd side effects. However, I don't seem to be experiencing any relief. I think the meloxicam is helping though - I didn't take it two days last week and feel...
- I met with my new rheumy about two and a half weeks ago. He mentioned 'arthritis in the spine' and made me nervous, but ordered tons of tests which I like. I had NINE vials of blood drawn, urinalysis, ultrasounds of my hands, and will have a bunch...
- and it was a shitshow. the office didn't have my referral, which my doctor sent electronically 2/5/16 when i requested it. i don't know how you lose an electronic referral.... anyway i got through to my PCP and had the office fax it while i stood...
- i love the walking dead and tonight's episode had me losing it! it was an amazing episode. hubby and i also watch my 600 pound life and skin tight; both are on TLC. one has to do with super morbidly obese people who have gastric surgeries and...
- so i'm going to the new rheumy on tuesday but over the last couple of days i've had an interesting and very painful complication. i don't know if it could be RD related and was looking for insight.over the past few months, once in a while i get a...
- finally got normal insurance again (read: not high deductible crap) and called the rheumy's office my cousin recommended. the main doctor has a two month waiting list, and i'm not up for waiting any longer, so i made an appointment with one of the...
- so my cat jake attacked me today. i was an innocent bystander - the puppy alice chased one of my other cats, piglet, and jake got into it with alice. alice got offended or whatever puppies do and growled a tiny bit, which really pissed off/scared...
- i was wondering if anyone has experience on what it's like when RD starts affecting your lungs and/or eyes. i already have compromised lungs since developing serious bronchitis around age 10. i was diagnosed with asthma a couple of years later...
- i haven't been around for quite some time. i stopped taking my meds because i kept getting sick and couldn't get tattooed and was just all around pissed off about it. i haven't seen a rheumatologist since august 2014 if memory serves me right - i...
- i know that a lot of this stuff has been talked to death on this board....http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7639807now i have been taking fish oil capsules regularly. my diet has not changed drastically in any other way. it's been about 5 months...
- hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!forgive me, i'm sure i've asked this and had it answered before but my memory is ridiculous. i've been diagnosed with seronegative RA, no noticeable deformities or bone damage in wrists/hands/feet,...
- i'm considering taking myself off xeljanz for a few days until this cold or whatever the hell it is clears. saturday evening i started getting post nasal drip, sunday i felt crappy and stayed wrapped up all day, monday and tuesday i was just...
- today my hands are horrible. it's always a bit uncomfortable typing, which i do ALL DAY LONG, but today it's downright painful. i usually type about 90 words per minute and that's probably in half today. it's along the backs of my hands and the...
- today is day nine on xeljanz. i haven't had any noticeable side effects. it hasn't touched my pain yet, but of course that's expected.what has happened is i got sick. maybe i should have known better than to start taking it the weekend before...