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Hi,

I am a new member and thought I would introduce myself. My name is

Pamm I am 48 years old married ( for 13 years ) and have two grown

sons from a previous marriage I also have 2 grandsons and 1

granddaughter and another grandchild on the way.

I have fibromyaliga, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and

hepatitis C so I have quite a few things wrong with me that makes

being treated a challenge as far as medications I can take ( since

most meds go through the liver) I have a problem with my eyes I have

scleritis ( probablys spelled that wrong) and it won't go away. I went

to the eye doc twice but the drops he gave me did not work. I then was

refered to an internal med doc who gave me prednisone he told me the

scleritis is due to the arthritis as soon as I stop the prednisone

within 24 hours my eye gets bad again. My visison is now being

compromised due to the constant sore I seem to have on my eyeball. I

am wondering if anyone else has this problem I read that is is not a

common problem to have. I was taking 5 mg prednisone twice a day but

my eye did not get better so I am now up to 20 to 50 mg a day just to

keep my eye from getting any worse ( I am taking the prednisone on my

own now as the dose the doc gave me was not working) I have to make

another appointment to see if the eye specialist can do something for

me. I know I should not be doctoring on myself but I don't have money

to keep running back to the doctor when they don't seem to be doing

anyhing for me.

We do not have health insurance at the moment due to my husband had to

find a new job so all I have in Medicare. My doctor did put me on

plaquenil for the arthritis but at the moment I just don't have the

$50.00 a month for the medication so I will have to wait until we get

insurance again and have a prescription card.

Anyway I just wanted to introduce myself and ask about the eye problem

I just dont' know what to do this has been going on for 6 months now.

Thanks

Pamm