Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 As your rheumatologist said, Kathy, you shouldn't be sorry you wrote that letter. I'm glad you did. The more insight you can give her into the way you live your life, the better a rheumatologist for you and others your physician can become. I'm relieved she took it to heart. Way to go! [ ] (no subject) > i went to my rheumatologist, she said my letter made her cry i told her i was > sorry and she said i shouldn't be because she only had to read it, i live it. > so then we cried again. the letter she wrote was pretty detailed. we are > adding the fibro part again. she did say she talked to trustmark dr. she has > up'd my prednisone to 7.5 and i can go to 10 on a bad day. she just said to > watch for making sure i don't get in the up and down syndrome. so now i > should probably get a pill splitter. she also gave me trazadone 50 mgs she > told me to take an hour before bed. she also said since there is no cure for > my arthritis she would suggest i try the surgery on my foot. maybe i'll get > lucky and it'll land in my elbow again!!! my mom went for her mri today on > her knee. she is not in as much pain now, so that's good. i took the rest of > my records into legal aid yesterday. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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