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Joan: I'm glad you've found someone you like but I don't know who told you not

to go to any of the rheumys in the suburbs but that sounds more than a bit

" snobbish " . My doctor is located in the suburbs (at Loyola) and is involved in

clinical trials, also. Many of the docs at teaching hospitals are. And if

you look, for instance, at Chicago Magazine's Top Docs each year, I think you'll

find a good share of them outside the city limits. (My internist's partner was

one several years ago and several of the orthos at the practice I go to have

been on their list - and for good reason.)

Good luck with your new job . . . .. . and I hope that Enbrel works for you.

It did for me.

Joanna Hoelscher

[Guest guest]

Hi I don,t post often but read alot and am very grateful for all the helpful

information provided by all of you.  I'm on 600 mg of Glivec since 2004.  I

relapsed with cml after a bmt in 1993.  Lately I have been having severe hip

pain and am finding it difficult to get pain relief.  My local doctor is sending

me for x-rays and talking about hip replacement.  This comes on top of severe

shoulder pain earlier in the year which has settled but not completely gone

away.  I find it difficult to walk up and down stairs, get up from a chair and

need assistance to get up from the floor.  I find all my joints are hurting

particularly when I try to sleep.  I'm 58 and consider myself to be pretty

active and fit.  I was wondering if anyone else is noticing increased joint pain

over time on glivec.  My calcium levels are normal and I have been pcru for the

last 2 years. 

Judy Telford