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Brian
  • By Brian · New reply 5:32 pm
  • Journal · 97 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

UPDATE.....URGENT...NEED INFO ON 6YR OLD WITH PANCREAS PROBLEM

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 4, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Today I had to take my 6 yr old grandson to the emergency dept. He has been sick for 2 days. In my earlier post I explained that he has a pancreas problem and is taking enzymes. About 5 weeks ago the ...

My First Journal Entry

EmHold
  • By EmHold · New reply August 31, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I'm not sure what to say in this really.. At the moment I'm on my break from university, holding up two jobs and struggling with a constant pain in one knee, and occasional pain in the other. It's been ...

Need medical info for 6 yr old with pancreas problem?

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply August 28, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • My 6yr. old grandson has been sick since he was 6 months old with respitory problems. He also developed a food allergy very young. Dr's said that he had Asthma. It kept getting worse over time and he ...

Me

tricia1965
  • By tricia1965 · Posted August 27, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I am very aggravated with my pain.the doctors can not agree. I want to go to OSU and i am going to tell my doctor that.It is aggravating when you can not get out of bed in the morning ...

The Sound of One Hand Breaking

ellishamilton
  • By ellishamilton · New reply August 22, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • ...actually it was the wrist. It happened this past Sunday night. Monday; I'm thinking...this hurts maybe a little too much, I'd better get an xray. Tuesday morning, "Yaaas...come on in. Dr. Xavier can ...

what is RSD

tricia1965
  • By tricia1965 · Posted August 19, 2008
  • Discussion in Bone, joint and muscle diseases · 0 replies
  • Hello my name is Tricia and I am new to this all. I am just learning about the internet and I never knew that here was this type of group. I have severe pain in my knee and it swells up. sometimes it ...

Bone Met Radiation

Rock44
  • By Rock44 · Posted August 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Bone, joint and muscle diseases · 0 replies
  • Just found out that I have new bad guys on my left L5 vertebral body, left sacral wing, left Ilium and left sacral body S2 segment L6. Is this effected by the Altima? Im now going to be getting 5 radiation ...

On my knees

hopeful3
  • By hopeful3 · New reply August 13, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go . Abraham Lincoln ...

Arthritis from Cancer

Rock44
  • By Rock44 · New reply July 28, 2008
  • Discussion in Bone, joint and muscle diseases · 10 replies
  • I have been battling cancer since 9/07. I have stage IV lung cancer and had a lung removed, chemo, radiation and a tumor removed from the lower left area of my brain. Recently, after a PET scan two more ...

Gait problems & Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)... Any hope?

serendipity
  • By serendipity · New reply July 27, 2008
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • I have found quite a few other postings regarding SPS, so I would like to share this and am hopeful that some of you can offer your input.... I am posting this in all of the Groups to which I belong in ...

The journey begins

Rock44
  • By Rock44 · New reply July 22, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • I am telling you, I NEVER would have thought that I would be where I am right now at age 42. But the fact is, I am. What am I gonna do about it? I can cover my eyes and pretend like its not happening ...

Lights on / nobody home

Rj
  • By Rj · New reply July 22, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with a bone, joint or muscle disease · 1 reply
  • I'm a post op nsclc stage III 'survivor' no mets to the bones or brain, that can be diagnosed YET been to all the ortho specialist and MRI,CT,& Bone Scan light up like a Christmas tree. butt, We(docs ...

Suspicious Minds

ellishamilton
  • By ellishamilton · New reply July 21, 2008
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • My wife chides me for developing conspiracy theories about the Medical Overlords. "What are you talking about?" I ask her. "I just very much doubt they are not telling you things they've discovered, or ...

Did the Good Doctor Call?

ellishamilton
  • By ellishamilton · New reply July 15, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • When I go into a meeting, I duct tape the phone to my left thigh, and leave it set to vibrate. I know these Docs will call me back. They will...won't they? I mean, they found the little "infiltrates ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Scheuermann disease

aida
  • By aida · Posted July 7, 2008
  • Discussion in Bone, joint and muscle injuries · 0 replies
  • Does any one else have this disease. I also have osteoporosis and probably it is due to sd and then menopause. Had T7 and T8 vertebroplasty for both above reasons early March 08. Does anyone have any ...

Sjogren's/Lupus

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · New reply June 28, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • I got the diagnosis of systemic lupus along with the Sjogren's. Wasn't thrilled to have it; but, wasn't surprised either. Some days up, some days down. The quinine has really been knocking me down. I ...

Just give me strength

hopeful3
  • By hopeful3 · New reply June 23, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • I do not ask to walk a smooth path nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock-strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, and transform each ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

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