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Yoly, I did go to Dr. O in Ponte Vedra. She was fairly nice, although I waited

in an actual exam room for 30 minutes before she came in and she stayed six

minutes! But anyway, she wants me to get well pulmonary wise (asthma,

recuperation from pneumonia, etc.) and get on something for maintenance for the

asthma, etc. and then I dropped the big questions! 1. can I go to 5 mg of

predisone, she said yes, (Can you imagine I the patient am asking for this, she

would have kept me on 10mg I guess forever. The edema with the predisone is

really bad for me. Well, anyway here is number 2 question: Antibiotic therapy

(protocol) She looks at me and it is as though she thinks, " she knows! " Well,

anyway after I asked her about the AP and my desire to go on it and my belief in

the mycoplasm, etc. criteria, she said, Well, " it has not been proven... " I told

her that I could not go back on immunesuppressants; it was doing me in. I have

been ill ever since I started on them. She said when I got better in six weeks,

she would bring me into the office and talk with me about starting on

minocycline. I guess she meant orally. I do not know. She did not want to talk

much about it. So we will see. So EVERYONE in support group, what do you think

about the mjnocycline. I was just going to try to stay on Doxycycline which the

orthopedic would prescribe?? This is an update. I am gaining some strength from

the pneumonia. It has been tough. Yoly, how are you doing. This physician for

info is Dr. Ceceilia Olazar in Ponte Vedra (near ville). and my

orthopedic physician for osteoarthritis is Dr. Grimes in St. Augustine,

Florida (near ville_) THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT and caring. Love, Martha