therabeads and other stuff

December 11, 2003

Hi , Tawny, and All,

The therabeads seem to work okay for a little temporary relief. The

therabeads are in a pad nad the pad is small. There is a place on

the internet that has a larger one but I decided to try the small

one first. I bought it at the local drug store. It is moist heat

and the pad stays warm for about 20 minutes. It's nice when you are

watching TV and don't want to deal with a heating pad cord!

The naproxen is making me sick--my stomach hurts alot--even when I

take it with food. I am going to try the over-the-counter one which

is half the strength of the perscription naproxin that I was

taking. My primary care doctor is stalling me until I can get to

the rhematologist in January. The primary care doctor doesn't seem

to know what additional tests could be run to make a definite

diagnosis.

Additionally, my spouse is upset about the whole thing and called

the doctor himself!! He doesn't believe that I could have RA or

another autoimmune dissease. I told him genetics plays a factor and

my paternal grandmother had it, so this could be where I got it

from...but he is having a difficult time.

I' am sick today...on top of the RA, I have some type of flu or

virus-so I am staying home from work.

J Sala

PS. (for Tawny)--My Primary Care ran the usual tests--ANA, Lyme, Sed

Rate, CBC, RA. I was told that all were negative. However, I

requested that my labs be faxed to me so that I could hand carry

them to the Rheumi --and when looking at the Sed Rate it appears to

be elevated! It is a 23 (I am a 36 yr old female)

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