Holistic Doctor...I have a strict vitamim regimen I stick to every day, and have started drinking ginger water instead of my usual fruit juices....Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
Is This How It Always Is?...I didn't notice a difference with Lyrica and I don't with sulfasalazine either (except it's affecting my anemia)....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Orencia IV treatment...It means the difference between whether I can get up out of bed, and walk with a cane, or be bedridden, and killing myself on high doses of steroids...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTreatment
Almost at diagnosis point...So that’s me, I’m sure there are plenty much much worse off than me but I just wanted to share, I’m not after sympathy either, I’m just at a...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesDiagnosisSymptomsDepression
Caring For My "Caregiver"...It's not fair to either of us that he is becoming more and more my caregiver....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCaregiving
Mysterious symptoms doctors do not know what this is...The worst feeling was after bathing in hot water, then I wouldn't feel my lower legs at all. My knees are cemented, stiff....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesDiagnosis
I need help...I’m either crying or in bed with the heating pad. When I do play with her I’m so anxious I’m not in the moment and cant stop worrying....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Cooking for the holidays...I remember my grandmas kitchen the week before Thanksgiving,the aroma of pies wafting in the air was enough to make this texas girls mouth water....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesExercise
Questions & Uncertainty...He doesn't know what to do with me either. I have visible swelling, redness, I'm in pain and it's in both of my hands....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Newly Diagnosed...My mother has stage 4 melanoma, and with her and my father dealing with that I do not feel comfortable telling them about what's going on with me....Reactions0reactionsComments0 replies
Newly Diagnosed - AI Disease #3...ANA Screen is positive with ref. range as negative - you're either positive or negative on that. ANA Pattern is speckled....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Could this be RA?...I’m putting together all of these things and wondering whether it could all be related to RA instead....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesDiagnosisSymptomsTips & Advice
MTX or Job Burnout or Both?...Getting help in it is not an option either....Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
So many questions........They said to go back to urgent care (I decided on the urgent care associated with the system my rheumatologist is a part of rather than the Kroger clinic...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Feeling so So so Lost.......I was rushed in for an emergency arthroscopy/synovectomy surgery on my left knee where they flushed it out using 20 liters of saline water....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
