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  Posted: 12/09/2021

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  Covid booster

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  Last Reply: Kimhurts 09/27/2021

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  My three-month appointment with the rheumatologist was yesterday.  She gave me the go-ahead to get the booster, and we talked about how to time my other meds (the shot of Stelara I got that morning was irrelevant, but I'm to skip the methotrexate next week, and wait for a ten day interval from the booster shot before resuming it.)  I was able to get the booster shot less than an hour after my appointment.  I had to show my vaccine card to ensure that there was a six month interval since my...

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  Posted: 08/30/2021

  katie commented on the discussion Do you grieve your former - pre RA - self?.

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  Posted: 08/17/2021

  katie commented on the discussion BOOSTER VACCINE & Whatsup With DS?.

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  Posted: 08/16/2021

  katie commented on the discussion BOOSTER VACCINE & Whatsup With DS?.

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  katie commented on the discussion Has anyone tried Collagen?.

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  Posted: 07/03/2021

  katie commented on the discussion Prednisone.

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  Prednisone

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  Last Reply: MarleneJ 08/25/2021

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  I am one of the fortunate people who have no (immediate, at least) side effects from taking prednisone.  At my recent checkup, I mentioned that I felt I'd been experiencing more pain / inflammation than previously.  We discussed switching biologics in three months, and my rh suggested a course of steroids in the meantime.  I am already taking meloxicam, and methotrexate, and my current biologic, for reference, is Stelara.So, six days, carefully following the directions, and yay, a fairly...

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  Posted: 06/25/2021

  katie commented on the discussion RA and breast nodule.

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  Posted: 06/22/2021

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  Tingles

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  Last Reply: MarleneJ 06/09/2021

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  First off, let me apologize for swooping back in just because I have a problem / question, instead of being here offering ongoing support.  I hope to get back to doing that, but life on a farm sometimes gets out of hand, and that pretty much describes March to the present.  On the plus side, my meds and overall protocol is working well enough to allow me to work hard, which is great.  I have cut back on the physical work since my diagnosis, but would have done so at my age anyway.Relevant...

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  Posted: 02/19/2021

  katie commented on the discussion vaccinated!.

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  Posted: 02/13/2021

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  vaccinated!

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  Last Reply: Kimhurts 05/19/2021

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  I received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine yesterday, with full approval / encouragement from my rheumatologist, and without the slightest hesitation.  Knowing that this is a first step toward normalcy / safety is overwhelming, really; it was an emotional moment, especially thinking of the friends who no longer even have the option.  I am pretty sure I will celebrate on Feb 11 each year, going forward.  Maybe a kind of hybrid:  celebrating my own second chance, and remembering and...