RE: [SPAM] Just Diagnosed

[Guest guest]

I’m very sorry you have so many

things wrong with you. One of the first things that I was given to control

pain and permit me to function was Prednisone, a strong corticosteroid. This

is a fast-acting treatment for the symptoms, but not good as a long-term

treatment for the disease. Most real RA treatments usually take a few months

to find out if they are going to work and in the meantime people often need

some relief.

I’m on more conventional medications

(Methotrexate and Remicade) but some people get excellent relief from

antibiotic therapy using derivatives of Tetracycline such as Minocycline or

Doxycycline. You can read about these at the Roadback Foundation. Antibiotics

are supposed to work on a special class of organisms called mycoplasma or

cell-wall-deficient bacteria. I don’t really understand what that means

but it sounds like something between a virus and a bacterium.

http://www.roadback.org

In another recent post I gave some links

that may be of use to you also. Please check them out. I hope you get things

better controlled. God bless.

From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of newnichol

Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 5:06

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Just Diagnosed

Hi...my name is Eve and I am a 36 year old female who

has already been

on disability for years for a condition called Startle Disease (a

neurologic disorder which is extremely rare). I just spent the past

week in the University

of Penn hospital and have

been diagnosed with RA.

Currently I have no treatment as all tests will take about 2 weeks to

come back to determine their course of action. I make my return visit

in two weeks and scared to death!

The arthritis is in my hand joints, knees, ankles, feet tendons and

toes. At this point I am on Dilaudid and Naproxen until the dreaded

return visit just to control the pain for now.

I actually do not know why I am posting...I guess I am just glad to

know I am not alone.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post!

Eve