Guest guest Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 Dear Berta, I agree with that you are not admitting defeat! My name is . I'm 26. I was diagnosed with arthritis on 11/8/99. My current meds are: prednisone, ibuprofen, Azulfidine EN, methotrexate, folic acid, & Remicade. Insurance and treatment is always hard. Many of the drug manufacturers have patient assistance programs. I understand your reluctance to take meds. I realize now that my arthritis was doing damage to my body long before symptoms surfaced. Personally, I would rather be useful and not in (as much) pain and risk potential side effects than to be in the mind-numbing pain I used to be in. Take care, in VA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was diagnosed with RA a little under 1 year ago. I have good days and I have BAD days. My dr. gave me celebrex and I occassionally get steroid shots. I am out of celebrex and cannot afford the shots right now so I take Ibuprofen 600 mg. It does help the pain some. I have a 2 year old to take care of. I really don't want to take meds all the time and the pain is not so severe that I can't function yet. I have no insurance. Now for the questions, why is it important for me to take something for this right now when I am not in bad pain most of the time? If I continue with the shots I will end up gaining weight and I have already gained back 10 pounds I struggled to lose, I gained from the shots. I don't want to be huge. I am 38 years old and don't want to end up even more overweight in the near future. I have a handicap tag on my van but dont' like to use it as then I am admitting defeat in my eyes. This is what my test results said, does this look like RA, my dr. says > it is but I am not so sure. My mom had RA but not severe before she passed away at the age of 52. >Rheumatoid Profile 9 >ANA SCREEN, ELISA NEGATIVE >ANTI STREPTCLYSIN WAS 193 WHICH SHOWS AS HIGH >RHEUMATOID FACTOR, QUANT <20 >SED RATE 23 WHISH SHOWS AS HIGH >C-REACTIVE PROTEIN 1.1 WHICH SHOWS AS HIGH >URIC ACID 6.5 > >What does this look like to you all? RA or something else. >My lupus test came back negative >My hands swell and hurt >My feet have knots and swell >My hips, knees and ankles hurt alot > >Advice as I think I am in denial right now cause of being afraid > >Berta Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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