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- had my appointment with the dermatologist and she says the patches behind my ears don't look like psoriasis. she said they *could* be, but what they really look like is a fungal infection.i don't know how that happens. and why it's so isolated. ...
- it was my organization's staff day yesterday, so we spent six hours at a seminary doing staff day things: breakfast, mass, bbq lunch, games, raffles. my team won the trivia contest and $25 macy's gift cards. they gave out like seriously hundreds...
- in addition to my dermatologist appointment on 6/23, i have a tattoo appointment tomorrow. finally going to finish my half sleeve - just need to add a starfish and some background stuff. i'm also hoping to have a few reference photos for the thigh...
- sudden, drastic increase. my ankles are so bad they kept waking me up. they feel tight and swollen and really painful, not when i'm walking or moving them. i was lying in bed, no pressure on my feet or ankles, and my ankles hurt so much. my left...
- as some of you may know, i was planning on taking the summer off of biologics and getting some tattoo work done. my left hip, which had felt bruised or something, has not gotten any better over the last week.... so it's definitely not like a strain...
- i still have a lot of pain and nothing we've tried has touched it: 20mg mtx, enbrel, humira. only steroids and i'm not jumping on the prednisone train. if i eat 3 or 4 advil a day, it makes a difference. i'm trying to just take two in the morning...
- i'll be switching to a new rheumy soon (still haven't decided what to do about that) but at my last meeting with my old rheumy, we discussed the possibility of PsA. i have obvious involvement in my distal interphalangeal joints (topmost joints in...
- it's nearly impossible for me to get out of bed now. between the pain in my shoulders and the joints from the hips down, and the ridiculous fatigue, i feel horrible every morning.after a couple of hours, usually by the time i get to work,...
- kind of over this whole thing. i'm working five days a week, about 30 hours a week. i still have to finish school and the idea of taking classes on top of this is making me... ugh. it's horrifying.my shoulder is so bad and my back hurts a lot...
- on the phone with aetna specialty pharma right now. on hold. surprising.i've just been told that my humira was never shipped out. i've called and spoken to someone in aetna speciality pharma monday, tuesday, wednesday, and today.how hard is it to...
- turns out she's moving to dallas because her hubby got an excellent offer. i don't know what he does. but she's new york born and bred, lived on long island all her life, so i can identify. we picked up and moved to florida for some reason...
- so when my rheumy rx'd humira in march, she put it through a speciality pharma they use. it was the easiest thing ever. they called me, we put it through, i got it the next day. easy peasy.i called today because i'm supposed to take my next shot...
- i wish i could say i was MIA because i was pain-free and galavanting around the world. i was just depressed, busy, and tired of everything.i've been on humira about a month with no change yet. 50mg every other week.this wednesday i have my...
- some of you may know a bit about my non-RA related life. i'm currently interning as a drug and alcohol counselor, working toward getting training certification from new york state. you may also know that i have three cats, one of whom was recently...
- it's a phrase we keep using when counseling addicts in early recovery: learning to deal with life on life's terms.i finally restarted my mtx last night after five weeks without it. i've already been a bit nauseous today, so that's excellent. at...