Lupus and RA | Arthritis Information

Hi. I'm a newbie but I've been reading this and rasushi for awhile and it's been great. YOU GET IT!! Thank you!!!Welcome to the board tazz! Seems like you have had your share of disease. I don't have lupus but was wondering which is worse for you(and why), the lupus or the RA?

hessalinaSo you have Rhupus?!??!?! Or do you really have Lupus and RA? I never figured out how that really works! Thanks for the compliment :)

There are a couple girls here who have Rhupus! I'll try to grab one and make them post an answer for ya!

Hi.

I had hives, photosensitivity, eye problems, muscle, joint, heme and very mild to mod kidney problems with the lupus. Unless I was having a flare, kidneys were fine. As long as I took my meds and stayed out of the sun I did pretty well. It's the RA that's going to put me into disability. That's from my old rheumy (he's retiring, darn!) and the new one.

Welcome to the board tazz. I am not sure about the lupus & RA thing. I just have plain ol' JRA.

Just wanted to say hello & welcome. oh man, that is a double whammy. I only have the RA. I hope you can get
your symptoms under control soon. Good luck and welcome to the board.

Hi Tazz,

I have Rhupus...Lupus and RA. I'm new to all this, and so far, it blows. I'm in the beginning stages of treatment, so far Prednisone and Methotrexate, soon Plequinil. My doctor likes to add one at a time slowly. Can't say which is worse, when you have both, they blend quite well. So tired, joints kill, hair falls out, lovely rash, sun sensitivity, wah wah wah. I spent Friday in the hospital after my methotrexate because I couldn't breathe well. Ended up with morphine and a shot of some drug they give people going into surgery for inflammation. It still hurts to breathe, still have pressure. They ruled out blood clot, heart attack so settled on inflammation in the chest area.....

Welcome to the club. I hope you're doing well. What meds are you on?

I have both as well. Run's in the fam. Mother had both. But like her...my RA is worse then the Lupus. Been blessed so far. Lupus effects have been minimal.

Wish the RA would take a NOTE from its little sister. LOL

The docs say that this can happen, but apparently not too often since they act bewildered when it happens.

Anyway, I'm on cellcept, prednisone(haven't been able to come off of it for years now), mobic, plaquenil(been on since the beginning of lupus),boniva, prempro, hctz,k-dur, plenty of tynenol, vit D, calcium,B-complex. Been on MTX, didn't work well. was on Immuran for several years till it stopped working, motrin, alleve, bextra (miss it), and some other antiinflamatory drugs.