catching up

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Hi All,

I am trying to catch up with the emails. I have been so busy lately, I

haven't been keeping up as I normally would. I went to the rheumy yesterday.

My labs look pretty good. My liver enzymes were elevated by 1 point. Other

than that, everything looked ok. Normal for me anyway. Dr Seaman said that

after my next Remicade infusion, I could lower my mtx to 20mg/week, then

after a while 15mg/week, etc.... if everything goes well enough. My weight

seems to have leveled off for now. Only a 2 lb gain instead of 10 or 15. He

does seem concerned about my lower legs, ankles and feet swelling. This has

been giving me a lot of trouble lately. I'm finding it hard to walk or stand

for any period of time because of the pain. So he gave me more labs to be

done. I have had a nagging cold for about a week now. It seems to be

letting up a little now though.

We have made it through the trick or treating for this year. (With a little

help from my mom.) Thank goodness that's over. Now we have tons of candy to

munch on. My car has clunked out again. The battery keeps going dead on me.

So it is in the shop again. The count is now 3 batteries and 1 alternator

in 2 months. So I am again relying on others for transportation.

I had my mammo last week and was able to speak to the radiologist right

after. He said that it was normal and that if the problems persisted he

would suggest a ductogram. This is a procedure that involves injecting dye

into the ducts and then scanning to see which one is leaking fluid and why.

I politely declined. I'm sure you can guess why. The mammo tech said that

the discoloration looked like broken bIood vessels. Duh! Isn't that a nice

word for bruising? had to cancel the gyne appt because of the car situation

and plan to reschedule as soon as the prob is fixed.

Wyatt is doing well. We are having some problems with him cleaning up after

himself. He is asking for a guinea pig. I explained to him that if he shows

me that he can be responsible and pick up after himself that we would go and

look at them. I think that it would be good for him to have his own pet. He

wanted a rabbit, but I explained to him that they are really not good pets

for children. I also explained that if we were going to bring another animal

into the house, that we would need to get rid of one that is already here and

the cats are not an option. So we settled on dismantling one of the

aquariums. We have 2 of them and guess whose gets to be taken down. You're

right. Mine. It's ok. I've been thinking about it for a while now. It is

a bigger tank and takes more work. We are going to give the fish to a friend

and store the tank in the basement so we can put it up again some other time.

Yeah right!!

Well, this has turned into a novel. Time to cut it short. Just wanted to

update everyone. Please be patient as I am still going through the emails

and it takes a while.

Love and Hugs

Stacey in PA