question....

July 9, 2002

I feel bad for never posting to this group but I have

a question and was wondering if anyone could help me.

I was diagnosed with RA last year (after waiting the

suitable time for transient arthritis) and had a

pretty bad time with it at first. After going on

Vioxx and preds (7.5 pretty low dose), I was better

but still had some pain, low-grade fever, etc.

I moved back to Texas (from Ireland) and started

feeling much better. I ran out of my pred and Vioxx

prescription and it took such a long time for a Rheum

Dr to see me that I ended up on no meds for quite a

while. Even with that, I felt much better than I had

while in Ireland and on 2 meds. I still had pain and

redness once in a while but not like it was before.

Is it possible to go into such a remission even with

no meds...or do you think it was something other than

RA all along?

Now I am pregnant and feeling fine (the Ob said that

it is common with RA patients to go into remission

with pg). I was tested for the RA factor and it is

still negative (has been ever since diagnosed). How

many of you are still sero - after a long time? How

long does it take for this to usually show up as + in

the blood? Also, would pregnancy cause you to be -

when you were + before?

Thanks very much for your help and I hope everyone is

having a good and pain free day :-)

Stef

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