I'm offended too Janie, but not surprised

As for me, I'll keep telling my story. I hope that other people who use Rituxan or any other traditonal med will tell theirs too, whether the results are good or not so good...People who have RA need to know.

edited to add.... I'm up because my dogs go out between 5 and 5:30 every morning and once I'm awake, I stay awake

I am not on Rituxan, I have been started on Methotrexate and plaq, and I get cortisone injections in joints that need it. So far things seem to be going a bit better.

PiP...I am offended for everyone you have been utterly rude and callous to. The last post to Cordy was just about the rudest thing I have read on this board.

The post came across as self absorbed, bossy and mean spirited. I know Pip is defending her AP therapy, but my big prob with her is she is treating and DX people online. With a total lack of respect for American Doctors and American medicine.

Tink

edited: confused myself as well as Janie!...I corrected after my early AM of coffee and the night fog lifted...

sTinkerBell2009-04-03 06:14:23Hey, Tink, thanks for what you said.

My Rituxan progress has been like Buckeye's...it's going to take however many rounds it is going to, to stabilize me.

I can live with that because I have had results when I look at the bigger picture here...before my first Rituxan infusion I had 42 swollen joints. After 1 round of Rituxan, I had 4.

I have responded to each round in some way although I am looking forward to getting to the place where I get some stabilization.

When I look back though...I spent most of 2007 bedridden with RA, yet when I look at last year 2008...I had improved and was not bedridden nearly as much.

This is kind of important when you're trying to parent a 5 year old single handedly.
It has been my experience that the harder we try to defend something to others the more unsure and full of doubt we are about it ourselves, we just bring ourselves to admit that we doubt what we are fighting so hard to defend. Just a thought.......[QUOTE]I would like to know what the non-APers who have invaded this thread are taking for medication. What's the big secret? Do they really even have RA? Are they just fake posters paid for pimping for the pharmaceutical companies?[/quote]

As it has been made very plain to me that my presence is not welcome in the thread where this originated, I will respond her, begging Lynn and Janie’s pardon.

I have asked questions in that same thread, and am always willing to answer questions, without skirting the issue: there is NO secret, big nor small. I am currently taking MTX, Plaquenil, and Arava (generic forms).

Yes, I really have RA, I have radiological evidence that I have RA. It surprises me that this is even a question, but then, I understand the lurking suspicions and paranoia that can, and does, invade any discussion forum where a single topic is the focus.

[quote]Actually, what I really want to know is why all you non-APers even care to post on this thread. Please take your toys and get off this thread. [/quote]
Although judged quite harshly for my question, my “why” was for personal edification…silly me! I did not realize that the information in Arthritis Insight was a “big secret” as regards AP and that statistics making bold claims were classified information.

[quote]It's for people starting Antibiotic Protocol.[/quote]
Starting? Is everyone who posts on that thread just starting AP?

[quote] There is a huge forum for you to play in with your RA medications and problems. Take your hatred, and your nastiness, and your stupidities over to another thread where they belong. APers don't want your negativity, we are working on getting well. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
You’re welcome…I too am getting well and my problems right now have little to do with my present RA medications.

Cheers, Shug

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