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- Have bad bladder infection; saw doc yesterday. he is constantly rx'ing things I can't take, like sulfa drugs. he is an idiot. anyway so last night I looked up the "Cipro" (ciprofloxin) he rx'd before I get it filled.......and it says bad reaction...
- Does anyone else have this problem? Holding a book or magazine is like , really annoying pain for my hands......and what is up with those huge magazines ? you know, like Martha's /Oprah's, etc.I keep trying to invent something to hold my books...
- Now that I have been on prednisone for 7 months (!) and Plaquenil for maybe 1-2 months (i forget) , have been having much better days , some of the time. But now for a couple days or more, have throat issues...usually how it feels when I would be...
- anyone who is on it, I am curious , how common to have side effects from it and do they go away?I think today I am having the (warning, blunt symptom on it's way here) cramps & diarhhea it can cause.Lord I hope this doesn't plague me too much. I...
- Just curious, if anyone else here has had this experience. When my RA doc does his exams of me, pressing between my fingers (in the sort of 'web' thing between fingers) and many other spots he checks, I'm supposed to indicate to him when and where...
- Lots of questions from me today and this may be my most urgent ; having been going through a very BAD flare this past week my knees simultaneously became swollen and horrible pain and then , upon finding a lump behind my ear which felt extremely...
- I just began (finally) taking my generic plaquenil. was afraid b/c of side effects esp. to eyes.Now first let me say, I was an optician and I was always told and taught, that "floaters" in the field of vision, are "normal".Only recently , and...
- new horrible knee problem.....think it is from my aquatic workouts/swimming. both knees horrible can't hardly walk at all.can't bend knees; worse in morning wondering if, since I have myself down to 2.5 mg of pred a day , would a higher dose help...
- Have any of you used these? I've been hearing about them at my aquatic therapy place; heard they are prescription, pricey but effective.
- am wondering when I am in a bad pain situation like now , I wonder if say an 800mg Motrin would kick in better/faster than the kinds my RA doc gave me.....which are sustained release and/or extended release.(one is Cataflam , one is Indomethacin)I...
- Hello All...so distraught about my recent neck pain ; need to mention am having computer issues, still on my very old one at present and that makes posting here really hard, but this is the only place I can find the kind of community support i am...
- well I finally have my major pain under control mostly due to prednisone which is now at 5mg every other day BUT just had surgery on my face yesterday for skin cancer and I don't know how many stiches but , enough.of course I do know and the plastic...
- since I just had a LOT of xrays done ; ordered by the rheumy, but I don't see him for 3 months again so wondering in the meantime, what do they look for with RA , in xrays??I know I have had osteoarthritis since at least 1990.....my first time...
- After reading another post (15 Things NOT to say...) it made me think of something. Sometimes if I tell someone I have RA , it ends up in a strange kind of contest....like they say "I have it, too and I can still...." or my aunt has it , or "look...
- FINALLY going to see the specialist tomorrow.......wondering what to expect....I know my PCP said the rheumie may want to take xrays..Is it typical to get xrays taken on the first day? What did you all experience? What kinds of things should I...