Re: Intro: New member (long!)

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah,

I found it so interesting reading your post, you could so easily

have been talking about me. I was diagnosed with RA two years ago

and experienced exactly the same symptoms as you describe. I also

experienced the same difficulties dressing and walking and trying to

blow dry my hair was almost impossible. I was started on a high

dose of Prednisone, Plaquenil and Vioxx and then three months later,

started on Methotrexate.

I also experience itchy skin but have put this down to going through

menopause.....I have found a good moisturising cream helps and use

this in the morning after I've had a shower. My RA seems to be

reasonably controlled at the moment, although my left wrist and jaw

have become painful and swollen over the last few months.

--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , " dkj " <outpost@c...>

wrote:

> Greetings all ~ I am a new member of this group and thought I'd

introduce

> myself.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply, ! I'm looking forward to learning and sharing with the group.

The itching I experience is not like a dry skin itch... it's more like an itching -under- the skin, kind of like hives, if that makes any sense. My rheumy said it could be one of the meds, but didn't know which. Said he could prescribe a non-drowsy antihistamine if it became unbearable, but preferred not to add any other meds on top of what I already take. So I wait...

Hope you are able to address the pain you are feeling now... good luck,

Deborah

----- Original Message -----

From: southerncross032003

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:12 PM

Subject: Re: Intro: New member (long!)

Hi Deborah,I found it so interesting reading your post, you could so easily have been talking about me. I was diagnosed with RA two years ago and experienced exactly the same symptoms as you describe. I also experienced the same difficulties dressing and walking and trying to blow dry my hair was almost impossible. I was started on a high dose of Prednisone, Plaquenil and Vioxx and then three months later, started on Methotrexate.I also experience itchy skin but have put this down to going through menopause.....I have found a good moisturising cream helps and use this in the morning after I've had a shower. My RA seems to be reasonably controlled at the moment, although my left wrist and jaw have become painful and swollen over the last few months.> Greetings all ~ I am a new member of this group and thought I'd introduce> myself.

[Guest guest]

Your itching has been the subject of posts on another board I follow. If you

don't get the answers you want here you might try

http://www.arthritisinsight.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=13 God bless.