infection (?)

[Guest guest]

My dear friends, as we all feel the shock of the horrific scenes in New York

and Washington it is an understatement that I send my condolances to all the

group and especially to those who have friends or relatives that may be

caught up in the catastrophe.

But as the shock turns to anger and inevitably brings a need for revenge,

let us not forget that these are the feelings that bring the terrorist acts

in the first place. Lets hope that we can break the cycle and that any

retaliation will be honestly aimed at reducing the liklihood of such evil

acts and not increasing it.

On the other side for me, a possible flare is lurking around the

corner...actually is in full speed!!

After feeling great during the summer, I started to cut down the prednisone

to 6.25 mg a day. Since friday night, suddenly I have joint and muscle pain

cannot move, sore throat, swollen knees, evening fevers up to 38.5 C, cold

sweats and tiredness. I know I overdid it in the last weeks... but all this

happened parallel with a vaginal infection. My rheumy does not think it is

related and asked for a throat swap. I will get the results on friday. Did

anyone had such an experience with that kind of infection?

Thankyou.

Fatma

[Guest guest]

I also experience increased Stills symptoms anytime I

get any sort of infection. The Stills symptoms usually

overshadow the symptoms of the infection. For example,

I rarely get colds but when I do they are very mild

and do not last long. However, my joints and muscles

ache more, I feel feverish, etc. This is common for

me, although I have been in remission for about 6

years. The infections have never brought about a full

flare.

However, I have not had any sort of serious infection,

not even the flu, since Stills. I really wonder

whether something like that would bring on another

flare.

It seems to me that our immune systems are quite

" primed " so we tend to have increased Stills symptoms

anytime a " legitimate " infection invades our bodies.

Best wishes to everyone as we struggle to deal with

yesterday's tragedy. My family was quite worried for

awhile since my brother-in-law works at the Pentagon

(playing " war games " on computer systems). The D.C.

phone system was so clogged that we could not reach

him until last night. Luckily, he was supposed to have

gone out of town yesterday, and was at the airport

when the Pentagon was hit.

Lynn Paarmann

--- fatma wrote:

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> My dear friends, as we all feel the shock of the

> horrific scenes in New York

> and Washington it is an understatement that I send

> my condolances to all the

> group and especially to those who have friends or

> relatives that may be

> caught up in the catastrophe.

> But as the shock turns to anger and inevitably

> brings a need for revenge,

> let us not forget that these are the feelings that

> bring the terrorist acts

> in the first place. Lets hope that we can break the

> cycle and that any

> retaliation will be honestly aimed at reducing the

> liklihood of such evil

> acts and not increasing it.

>

> On the other side for me, a possible flare is

> lurking around the

> corner...actually is in full speed!!

> After feeling great during the summer, I started to

> cut down the prednisone

> to 6.25 mg a day. Since friday night, suddenly I

> have joint and muscle pain

> cannot move, sore throat, swollen knees, evening

> fevers up to 38.5 C, cold

> sweats and tiredness. I know I overdid it in the

> last weeks... but all this

> happened parallel with a vaginal infection. My

> rheumy does not think it is

> related and asked for a throat swap. I will get the

> results on friday. Did

> anyone had such an experience with that kind of

> infection?

> Thankyou.

>

> Fatma

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