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Blondstu
  • By Blondstu · New reply 1:51 pm
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • I am told that I should probably move to a warmer climate for my health. I want to ask three questions, no discussion in the answer because I don't want to be convinced, just have a curiosity. Question ...

Up all Night with Pain

Loocee
  • By Loocee · New reply 1:40 pm
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • It is almost 5:30 in the morning here. I have been awake all night with pain in my hands, hips, knees, and feet. I have these reoccurring bouts like this where I end up being awake all night, despite ...

keeping joy and faith

kworkman
  • By kworkman · Posted 1:32 pm
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • So many people ask me how can I smile through all my pain and tragedy. The key is to remember when comparing your self to others compare down not up. In 1992 when diagnosed with cervical cancer at age ...

Prayers For Oklahoma!!!

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · New reply 1:09 pm
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • PRAYERS FOR OKLAHOMA TORNADO VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES! GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU ALL ...

A Good Day

Hearttree
  • By Hearttree · New reply 12:36 pm
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Had a very nice day. Talked to my girlfriend in the morning. Went to lunch with a different girlfriend, then shopping a little in a gift store. Later went out with my husband for drugs and ice cream and ...

Is this life??

Hearttree
  • By Hearttree · Posted 12:27 pm
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I posted for yesterday that I had a nice day with my girlfriend and getting drugs later at the drugstore. Feeling it today. I want to sleep. Sleep. I'm so tired and not to happy about it. Is this what ...

Aspirin (81mg) Rheumatologist recommends aspirin and prednisone daily.

57350
  • By 57350 · New reply 12:20 pm
  • Discussion in Treatment · 4 replies
  • For those of us who are being treated for autoimmune inflammatory conditions like PMR and GCA, I'd like to know how many have been asked by the rheumatologist to take 81mg baby aspirin each day to help ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica

dharmasaunt
  • By dharmasaunt · New reply 11:48 am
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 45 replies
  • I couldn't find a group for people with polymyalgia rheumatica. Is it included in the autoimmune group ...

colloidial silver

Kandiepat
  • By Kandiepat · New reply 11:11 am
  • Discussion in Treatment · 7 replies
  • Hi everyone, has anyone had any experience with colloidial silver? For myself I think it is an excellent alternative to going to the doctor and getting antibiotics all the time. I have put it in my nebuliser ...

Blood test for gluten intolerance.

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · New reply 10:47 am
  • Journal · 21 replies
  • http://www.livestrong.com/article/540433 -does-gluten-aid-in-joint-inflammation/ Is there something to this? Do you trust these studies Can YOU go without wheat products? I dunno if I can ... It's in ...

My immune deficiency journal - new diagnosis

elained
  • By elained · New reply 10:43 am
  • Journal · 34 replies
  • I wonder if my constant headache is part of my new diagnosis? Or is it just the stress of waiting to see the doctor again? I wonder if the doctor will actually start me on gamma globulin infusions? I ...

God Can STILL Use YOU!

chaplainstevens
  • By chaplainstevens · New reply 9:27 am
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember... Noah was a drunk Abraham was too old Isaac was a daydreamer Jacob was a liar Leah was ugly Joseph was abused Moses had a stuttering problem ...

first rituxan treatment

smilepax
  • By smilepax · New reply 12:10 am
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • had my first rituxan treatment for autoimmune hemolytic anemia yesterday. Took 8 hours to complete. They gave me benadryl and dexamethason before the rituxan. After less than an hour on the rituxan i ...

Goodpastures Syndrome

ashiely22
  • By ashiely22 · Posted 12:08 am
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello, I was wondering if anyone else on here has or had goodpastures syndrome. If so I would be interested in talking to you ...

The living dead

SillySally
  • By SillySally · New reply yesterday at 10:33 pm
  • Journal · 101 replies
  • I feel I've reached the point of no return. I am totally bed bound. I have hair so long that I can sit on it! It's always been my pride and joy! but now, I can't brush it, can't wash it, have had it hidden ...

Auto Immune Pancreatitis

KittyJ
  • By KittyJ · New reply yesterday at 8:40 pm
  • Discussion in Treatment · 3 replies
  • Hi, I am new to the group. I am a 46 year old female diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis approximately 8 months ago. Wondered if anyone else has this disease ...

Dreary Day

puffygirl
  • By puffygirl · New reply yesterday at 7:30 pm
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Rain and damp weather makes me very achy.....and crabby. I can no longer take ibuprofen. Does anyone else get this way when the weather changes? If so, what are some things that you do to ease your pain ...

New to prednisone

Joanna525
  • By Joanna525 · New reply yesterday at 6:40 pm
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 6 replies
  • My son was on Meloxicam for about 9 months, but it seemed to stop working for his joint pain (SLE). Last visit to rheumy showed elevated blood pressures, so decision was made to start plaquenal and stop ...

Coughing - Olive Leaf

jefgold
  • By jefgold · New reply yesterday at 6:08 pm
  • Journal · 43 replies
  • I have been recommended by Ozealan to try Olive Leave tablets which has stopped his cough. The tablets are by Healthy Care and are called Olive Leaf 3000 which are found in Chemist Warehouses in Australia ...

Polymylagia Rehumatica

MGRBRN
  • By MGRBRN · New reply yesterday at 4:38 pm
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 16 replies
  • Diagnosed in Dec 2012. based on symptons 1st by my internal med MD. Labs confirmed ESR & CRP both high. When I was diagnosed I thought I was having a Lipitor reaction ( I am a RN). I was put on 80mg prednisone ...

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