moanin' all, don't take this as a "dis" [img]/community/emoticons/tongue.gif but i want to direct this post to christina, before i can't type no longer, so i hope you catch this! i read your posts...
wassup' Joan: really? if so...no sweat! we get quite a few tubes from the medical reps who bring the office lunches & all...so this is fine with me. email me...it's in my HW profile. i'll be away...
Dear Dr.-Mudd: Love your name! Oh you lucky sonofagun...I'd give anything to have joint replacement surgery; however, all the specialists I've consulted throw me a big fat "NO" until I am at least...
[color=purple>TDOerm!] , need to clean, fuzzies & crumbs on the floor or carpet, it like "I can't relax!!!!!" "I won't be right until it's picked up!" [b][color=#800080> [color=#800080>...
[color=purple>dear] i also wanted to add that you MUST be patient too. 3 treatments isn't even blowing the dust off the furniture! i don't know the severity of your arthritis, but....to really get a...
[color=blue>HAPPY]4th of and] [b] [b][i][color=red>sj....an] [b][i]so GOOD LUCK! i hope this doesn't turn out to be a pain in the arse & i hope you can form a compatable relationship witht he...
[color=green>hi] this is going to be beyond hard for the most part...but IT WILL GET BETTER. [b][color=#008000>you're] i'm in my 2nd year (almost years pretty soon)...and it is JUST RECENTLY that...
hi joan! i've been trying the Voltaren gel now for??? well since March. my hunny brought a slew home from his office; samples the reps left. it's "so-so"...i think it helps a tiny bit. how bout you?...
[color=green>hi] i have missed you all so very much & i think of you all so very often. i have been just peeking in for spammers & crap like that but i haven't been able to type or read too...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif oh happy day!!!!!!!! i am glad that my little gift i sent had at the least made ya' giggle. glad it got to you safe n sound. it's great to see you again my friend!...
i hope david C wins... uh oh...i think i might have just opened up a can of worms... lol... erin...
[i][color=green>oh] [b][i]i've only witnessed 1; started by a child playing w/ matches...but within an hour a beautiful 3 story victorian home was just dust. [i][color=#008000>as] [b][i]...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif moanin'] /community/emoticons/yeah.gif you keep that car & don't let anyone tell ya' otherwise. oh Boo, the Boniva stuff...do talk to your rheummy, if ya' gotta...
Hey there Crystal, Is your hunny not supposed to use Advil? Why was it "wrong"? It is an OK nsaid, and it could help the joint pain; is there something wrong with his stomach that is why he can't...
[color=purple>oh]but at least he has YOU ! and believe me, you have no idea (well yeah maybe you do) what a difference just YOU being there makes. [b][color=#800080>it] the prednisone should help...
[color=green>you're] nev...i used to get souped up too! but hey, ya' take what you can get! i truly wish you well with the Enbrel. [/b]...
[color=purple>oh]YES CALL IT REESE!!!! hmmmm...yeah it's kitten season; i'd suggest trap, neuter & release. especially the mom cat. i'm still workin' on the female from last year...she had FIVE...
[i]thank you for the info PAlady & Freya... [b][i]wow, this is actually a very delicate matter! imagine that...oh my dear! my pain management physician is sooooo nice & soooooo small!!!!!! i...
Thanks Gramps...you're the best. Erin...
I'm with you guys...I can not explain it better than [color=purple>[i]Pati] & ]you wrote that beautifully & hit the nail on the head)... However, I kinda' understand how a person can have a...
[color=purple>Dear] Hi! I looked for you & here I found you! I think it's a blessing I read your thread here; because YOU have just helped ME the past few days after I got out of the...
hi blondie & welcome to Healing Well. Enbrel & Humira works on the part of the immune system that sends out & develops these cells called Tumor Necrosis cells (TNF). so the medicine targets these TNF...
[color=purple>i]! i told this to Joe a few years ago when we were talking about mushrooms & lsd, psychedelics & all that crap; i'd NEVER because i hate my brain being screwed with....
BUMP...for wolftrades & lori ...
[i]Dear Lori and wolftrades, Welcome to Healing Well Lori! Yes it's a lousy circumstance we meet here, but you're in the right place for we've all been through the mill with ALL of this. At least...
[color=blue>(((((((((((((HUGS] the pain meds & remicade has helped it too. [b][color=#0000ff>i] (((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))) [b]erin ...
oh geesh nev! you need help & bad! oh boy lemme' see....usually w/ autoimmune diseases you'll go through "the ladder" of meds. they exhaust all nsaids & cox2's & prednisone and then move...
Hi bjc17618 and mihwa & welcome to Healing Well! BJC...you along with your doc WILL ARRIVE AT THE RIGHT SOLUTION for YOU. Ya weigh the risks & benefits, exhaust all other treatments & therapies and...
[color=purple>(((((((((((((hugs] make sure to put aside even a small amount of time even if it is to only plop on the couch & pass out. [img]/community/emoticons/tongue.gif [color=orange> ] jody...
Aw Kitt.... You're a lifesaver! The past few days have been really the only time I've ever posted much here on this forum, AND YOU MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE in my recovery from the hospital this week!...
[color=purple>thank] [b][color=orange>so] [b][i][color=#ffa500> [b]crohn'snme : "how am i feeling now?" /community/emoticons/eyes.gif unsettled is a good way to put it. say right now?...it's trying...
[color=green>hi] oh no, no, no!!!! [u]the last thing i want coming out of this is people avoiding their prescribed steroids!!! believe me, i had some INTENSE factors going on & in an extremely...
RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!? Ya think you're frickin' NUTS!!!!!!!!!! LOL...the memory crap! I'd make a phone call, then time would pass & I had know idea that I had made the phone call! Not knowing what day it...
yeah...terribly scary isn't it? this steroid psychosis is very similar to "ICU Psychosis". he explained that many people that are in the ICU start to hallucinate after 3 days. apparantly this is a...
[color=purple>hey] OK...just home from getting admitted to the hospital last thursday nite. in Arthritis Forum i posted a thread of what happened if you want to read it...it is i feel an extremely...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif [color=red>so] (i doubt most will ever get to hear crap like this in their lives.) [b][color=red>{all] "I'm a B**CH, snot, brat...." [b][color=black>"I] (wtf?)...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif [color=green>yeah] you're right momto3 ....if i saw a patient go through that i would not think any the less of her or him. [b] it the easier it does get....
in all....i really don't care what is wrong, i just don't want to throw up anymore! peace :)...
[color=green>hey] , LOL...nah just kiddin'. [b][color=#008000>hah,] it all & very understanding. he's starting to tease me about it which is good because it makes me feel better to start to...
oh boy...hi guys. i'm just home from the hospital; went in last week (i forget what day) i think thursday? but i was discharged last night (i had 5 or 6 days in the hospital). there was some...
moanin' all @ 4:30am. had to make an ER trip tonite...so i've a touch of insomnia now. which is OK because i have t be back @ the hospital in 3 hours. having a HipaScan this morning? think it's a CT...
mornin' [img]/community/emoticons/smile.gif [b]my GI dude is the best...appt went well. however, the more he pressed on & fooled around on the side of my abdomen the worse the pain got. thinks...
oh dear lord Boo...don't ask for help, demand it! nows the time for family to crawl outa' the woodworks. oh my my...this moanin' thread should would make a truly lovely novel, should be published....
AMEN sista'! Be pale & proud AKG! You would be surprised how much more luminous your natural skin color is (and how many more copliments people get who don't tan.) It is a hard cycle to break though...
Be careful hon. True...despite all of this crap, the last thing we hang onto are our looks and when that goes! geesh. so i do hear ya. Keep in mind though...if on your meds AND IN A TANNING BED...you...
hey guys... my 2 nurses pushed me to way it out till wednesday because the doc that's covering for my GI doesn't address anything. so, me gots an appt. tomorrow at 330p & hopefully we'll get...
oh thank you for the input. in fact, at the ER they didn't do any abd xrays, just a head CT. but, the IV fluids & reglan & pain meds did help a lot. then i'dgo on a liquid to bland soft diet...
hey there, this thread said it all! it is a sin that those who are legitimate sufferes are made to suffer further due to the problems w/ narcotics regulations. i've been under the care of a PM...
hi folks, my GI's away till the 30th & i have no one's brain to pick about the n/v i've been having. my doc knows that i've been having a severe bout of vomiting, but last week i developed some...
{{{{HUGS}}}} to my dear duck...i don't think anything makes this ordeal any easier. anyone who has been forced out of a career at a young age will agree. you're never "ready" for it. thing is...it's...