Help Please if you can

[Guest guest]

I my name is Rhonda I live in Michigan and have lived with rheumatoid

arthritis for 25 LONG years now I have had multipul surgeries and have

had no problem. Well I had a total wrist replacement in April of 2005

to make a long sory short I have now had my 6th surgery on the same

wrist in dec was my last one. They ended up fusing the wrist. But all

of my surgerys on this wrist I have had fluid on my wrist and I still

have it as of today the dr took off my cast and behold here we go

again! Well he has no idea why I keep on doing this filling up with

fluid. They have done every kind of culture on it and nothing shows up!

I have tried to get into see multuple other hand drs and no one will

see me. I am ready to give it up. If anyone out there has been through

this PLEASE let me know.

Thank you very much Rhonda from mich.

[Guest guest]

I am not familiar with this kind of

problem but I wonder why other doctors won’t see you. I don’t

know whether doctors have to give an explanation of why they won’t see a

patient but if they would tell you why they won’t take you it might give

a clue for where to try next. I think a major clinic or teaching hospital

might be the best chance to get a diagnosis and plan for treatment. Mayo,

s Hopkins, and Cleveland Clinic might be possibilities.

I think WebMD has a joint replacement

board and if you post there or on some other joint replacement board they may

be more likely to have experience with your problem. I hope you can get

some answers and some relief. God bless.

From:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

[mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On

Behalf Of Rhonda

Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007

7:40 PM

To:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Subject:

Help Please if you can

I my name is Rhonda I live in Michigan and have lived with rheumatoid

arthritis for 25 LONG years now I have had multipul surgeries and have

had no problem. Well I had a total wrist replacement in April of 2005

to make a long sory short I have now had my 6th surgery on the same

wrist in dec was my last one. They ended up fusing the wrist. But all

of my surgerys on this wrist I have had fluid on my wrist and I still

have it as of today the dr took off my cast and behold here we go

again! Well he has no idea why I keep on doing this filling up with

fluid. They have done every kind of culture on it and nothing shows up!

I have tried to get into see multuple other hand drs and no one will

see me. I am ready to give it up. If anyone out there has been through

this PLEASE let me know.

Thank you very much Rhonda from mich.

[Guest guest]

Dear Rhonda- I would find out if you can take lasix or some other fluid pill or in the short term, have the doctor put a small shunt in to drain the fluid out until no more collects. They do that for fluid around organs. Surely your joint is no different. Hugs, Deborah

On 1/4/07, Harold Van Tuyl <hvantuyl@...> wrote:

I am not familiar with this kind of problem but I wonder why other doctors won't see you. I don't know whether doctors have to give an explanation of why they won't see a patient but if they would tell you why they won't take you it might give a clue for where to try next. I think a major clinic or teaching hospital might be the best chance to get a diagnosis and plan for treatment. Mayo, s Hopkins, and Cleveland Clinic might be possibilities.

I think WebMD has a joint replacement board and if you post there or on some other joint replacement board they may be more likely to have experience with your problem. I hope you can get some answers and some relief. God bless.

From:

Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis

] On Behalf Of RhondaSent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:40 PM

Rheumatoid Arthritis Subject: Help Please if you can

I my name is Rhonda I live in Michigan and have lived with rheumatoid arthritis for 25 LONG years now I have had multipul surgeries and have

had no problem. Well I had a total wrist replacement in April of 2005 to make a long sory short I have now had my 6th surgery on the same wrist in dec was my last one. They ended up fusing the wrist. But all of my surgerys on this wrist I have had fluid on my wrist and I still have it as of today the dr took off my cast and behold here we go again! Well he has no idea why I keep on doing this filling up with fluid. They have done every kind of culture on it and nothing shows up!

I have tried to get into see multuple other hand drs and no one will see me. I am ready to give it up. If anyone out there has been through this PLEASE let me know.Thank you very much Rhonda from mich.