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- What's the worst / most ridiculous thing anyone's ever said to you about your food addiction? Let's sort of purge ourselves of all the things we've been carryng around. Here's my favorite:"Well, maybe you could just stop eating so much."
- I'm so sorry, I've forgotten who it is that has found frankincense to be helpful. I bought some and I'm wondering about how you use it, if you dilute it with a carrier oil, if you masage it in deeply or just sort of a surface application, and if...
- I get a Stelara shot every three months. I understand that biologics suppress the overactive immune system that is attacking my joints. Am I corrent that the effect of the shot is soemthing of a bell curve: takes a short time to kick in, and...
- I recognize that promoting a particular product is probably against forum rules, so you might not be able to answer this specifically. How do you cut your fingernails / toenails? I still have good hand strength and fairly good flexibility. ...
- My next rh appt is on Monday. I've just received a copy of the bloodwork that I have done in advance of each appt. (I'm on Stelara and methotrexate). The ALT is elevated, out of normal range for the first time. I understand that ther are...
- In late April, I'm usually starting to prep fields for my farm. I cultivate about three acres of veg and I use a walk-behind tractor, like a giant rototiller, for this purpose. It is beautifully designed, but it's still a beast, and it can be...
- hey, friends........there isn't much conversation here, and I'd like to start a thread that might be helpful to new members.Could we each list one small thing that has been helpful to us in this journey? Or, if you genuinely feel nothing's helped...
- Please keep posting in your journal. i'm thinking maybe you hit that spot we all get to, when the adrenaline of the new resolution wears off, and you're feeling fragile and hangry and can't see any progress..........this is exactly when you need...
- Has anyone gained weight on RA meds? I am taking mtx and Stelara. I have gained eight pounds in the five months since starting Stelara. I have been tracking calorie intake and I've regained some of my lost energy so I've been walking about 12...
- This is a large group, but posting is infrequent.I worry that my blog-length post, where I'm basically talking myself into a healthier lifestyle, is clogging things up on this board - that many of you open the page, see that post at the top and...
- Since I was still feeling fatigued on Humira, my rheumatologist suggested trying Stelara instead. I had the 'loading dose' four weeks ago, and will have the second shot early this week. After that, it's every three months.So, there's two things...
- I went to the rheumatologist today for my first shot of Stelara, which will replace Humira for me. While I was there, during the general check-up part of things, I mentioned that for a good bit of the three months since my last visit, I had a...
- So, in my state at least, some insurance pharmacies and pharmacies now have new policies restricting the amount of certain painkillers - specifically, opiods - that you can get at one time.Do some math with me here. I got a scrip on March 30 for...
- I have an appointment with my rheumatologist today. She's going to ask how things are going, and if I'm satisfied with the current meds.It's a yes-and-no answer. I hope she will hear both sides of what I'm saying. (I think I'm posting here to...
- That's the title of the memoir I'm writing about the next eighteen months. Seriously. In 18 months, I'll be 60 years old. I think of myself as someone who's battled food addiction all her life, but the reality of it is that with a few...