Arthritis Forum/Message Boards http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Arthritis Forum/Message Boards : Last 10 Posts Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:41 +0000 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.08 30 www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp Arthritis Forum/Message Boards http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/ Rheumatoid Arthritis : OT: Lynn49 and others please help if you can... http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24362&PID=271914#271914 Author: pksmdrag
Subject: OT: Lynn49 and others please help if you can...
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:26pm

Hi Mel - she takes a One-A-Day multi-vitamin and sometimes if she doesn't take that my husband makes a drink with milk and a vitamin powder.  It is just so hard seeing her missing out on life with her friends and not having any energy to do much.  I have told her about some of the people on here that have experienced a doctor telling them nothing is wrong and what some go through.   She just looks sick and pale and has a cough that exists!  She is looking really pale to me right now and says she just doesn't feel good.  Sorry, but I need to go to her now.  Oh, she isn't on any medicines right now.  Thanks.
 
Kim
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:26 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24362&PID=271914#271914 Rheumatoid Arthritis : Gerd, Immune Reaction? http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24369&PID=271913#271913 Author: JasmineRain
Subject: Gerd, Immune Reaction?
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:24pm

Originally posted by Sam1234

Wish they'd do the tests on prisoners and not animals.



Just like Nazi Germany and present-day China!
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24369&PID=271913#271913 Rheumatoid Arthritis : About Spelunker http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24360&PID=271912#271912 Author: LyndeeNZ
Subject: About Spelunker
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:08pm

Originally posted by levlarry

Lyndee,
 
I am only responding to you only in case a member that i respect, misunderstood my response to WonderWoman. Suicide is a very personal consideration and decision. I don't know of her misery or problems. I know that when I was in such great pain, I somewhat considered suicide. I did however enjoy WonderWoman and certainly appreciated her support of me. I just didn't want to be a voice of reasons without knowing the reasons.
 
Lyndee, may I suggest that you spend more time trying to make yourself look good and less time trying to make me look bad, it only makes you look bad and me look good.
 
LEV
 
You do it all by yourself Lev.
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24360&PID=271912#271912 Rheumatoid Arthritis : Gerd, Immune Reaction? http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24369&PID=271911#271911 Author: Sam1234
Subject: Gerd, Immune Reaction?
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:00pm

Wish they'd do the tests on prisoners and not animals.

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24369&PID=271911#271911 Rheumatoid Arthritis : Current Event chat http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16999&PID=271910#271910 Author: Linncn
Subject: Current Event chat
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:44pm

If it's a joke, yeah I can laugh at it.  I thought you were presenting it as factual.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:02 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16999&PID=271910#271910 Rheumatoid Arthritis : If True A Real Scam OT http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24365&PID=271909#271909 Author: Linncn
Subject: If True A Real Scam OT
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:41pm

I try not to be wasteful, but I am not concerned about my "carbon footprint".  I am more concerned about the kind of country my grandkids will be living in after this administration gets though destroying it.  I am not worried that God hasn't allowed the resources to keep the world going for as long as He chooses to.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:44 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24365&PID=271909#271909 Rheumatoid Arthritis : I hate shaking hands! http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24320&PID=271908#271908 Author: nori king
Subject: I hate shaking hands!
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:27pm

I agree.  People need to get the message that you can't assume a firm handshake is always appropriate.

I think the cultures that bow instead of a handshake have got it right.  No clammy hands, no passing of germs, no crossing boundaries, and no potential pain for either party.
 
I think I have decided to smile and say hello, so nice to meet you and not offer my hand even if someone extends their hand to me.  They may think I'm a bit weird, but I have to learn to protect my hands.  I wonder if I do that to my doctors how they would react.  My gosh, they know I have RA, they should be understanding!
 
I would shake an interviewer's hand if I was looking for a job.  That is a scenario I would be willing to suck it up!
 
Nori
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:41 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24320&PID=271908#271908 Website Announcements : Probable RA diagnosis http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24374&PID=271907#271907 Author: suew
Subject: Probable RA diagnosis
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:25pm

I am a newbie, and recently had a pretty violent flu experience which seems to have opened Pandora's box and released RA.  I am 57, come from a long line of females with RA but up until now, have not had any symptoms.  Well, they made up for lost time, big time!  My primary care physician, who has a background in rheumatology, feels this is what I have, but I have an appt. Monday with a Rheumatologist, and have had extensive blood work.  I didn't know the flu could jumpstart RA, has anyone else had this experience?  My hands are a mess, along with my shoulders, arms, knees and feet.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:59 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24374&PID=271907#271907 Rheumatoid Arthritis : How are you feeling? What are you doing? http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24261&PID=271906#271906 Author: LinB
Subject: How are you feeling? What are you doing?
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 5:54pm

Snow, that sounds like the perfect plan.  That's what Stan and I do Christmas eve.  We have a feast of all the foods we love and just snack away all evening.  Oysters, shrimp, cavier, and all the little goodies to go with it.  It's the only time of the year we indulge in food decadence.  Lobster, yum.  Lindy]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:05 +0000 http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24261&PID=271906#271906 Rheumatoid Arthritis : Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and Lung Disease http://www.arthritisinsight.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24373&PID=271905#271905 Author: Sam1234
Subject: Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and Lung Disease
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 5:27pm

Thanks for this information. I have a friend who has Anti-Jo-1 overlap, antisynthesase, for which treatment is very tenuous. Few doctors have seen this disease in full bloom and their ideas for treatment run the gamut. One rheumatologist connected to a major medical school was pushing Enbrel should she have another relapse. Best to rethink that.
 
On the humorous side:  I thought it funny that they used the word "misadventures." In a way it gives new meaning to treatments gone bad. 


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