Rob

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Welcome Rob. Sorry for the reasons you are here, but glad you found us.

Have you asked about retraining at the unemployment office? They have

programs that may help.

I¹ve heard that they send people to school and pay for it, so maybe calling

them will help.

If you tell me what state you live in, I can see if anything is on the web.

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> My name is Rob and I have had RA for about 3 years......I am

> currently taking arava,vioxx and methotrexate.......I am 34 years

> old...and a father of 2 with 1 on the way...Are there any other guys

> with RA out there?.....I havent met many....RA has limited my life

> quite a bit as I am sure has been the case for many of you.....before

> Ra I was a restaurant manager and was active and somewnat

> athletic...boy has all that changed.....i am currently unemployed due

> to a performance based lay-off(actually they could have fired me,it

> was a recieving job and it wore me out)......and i am contemplating

> disabilitity or some kind of re-training program.....does any one

> know anything about that stuff?.......unemployment is not enough

> money and my prior work skills are pretty much worthless.....

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Rob,

I would love to say that LDN has helped my spasticity but unfortunately it has not. Nothing helps me with that. I wouldn't trade LDN for the world, I am VERY happy with it. The 4.5 can cause fatigue, they recommend 3.0 for splasticity and no higher.

Good luck!

-- [low dose naltrexone] Re: 3 mg LDN for 6 days, Should I ask neuro for 4.5mg?Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:33:33 -0000>> >> > Rob:> >> > 1. Not everyone experiences symptom relief on LDN and most people> > don't experience instant relief. The primary reason to take it is>to> > prevent disease progression.> >> > 2. Do you have MS?> >> > 3. Were you experiencing spasticitcy of any sort--stiffness,>spasms?> > For people who do, Dr. Bihari recommends 3 mg rather than 4.5> >> > > > Dr. Bihari upped my dose to 4.5, after a year and a half at 3.0. He>said that he was putting all of his patients, with MS, on 4.5.>Thankfully, I've not had a problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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what does LDN do for you that you love so much?

Jerry

[low dose naltrexone] Re: 3 mg LDN for 6 days, Should I ask neuro for 4.5mg?Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:33:33 -0000>> >> > Rob:> >> > 1. Not everyone experiences symptom relief on LDN and most people> > don't experience instant relief. The primary reason to take it is>to> > prevent disease progression.> >> > 2. Do you have MS?> >> > 3. Were you experiencing spasticitcy of any sort--stiffness,>spasms?> > For people who do, Dr. Bihari recommends 3 mg rather than 4.5> >BR>> > > > Dr. Bihari upped my dose to 4.5, after a year and a half at 3.0. He>said that he was putting all of his patients, with MS, on 4.5.>Thankfully, I've not had a problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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I have a podiatrist that is quite impressed with LDN when I had a case he'd never seen before, in 23 years of practice. I think I wrote about it in my ezboard http://www.larrygc.com/mystory ... if not I'll repeat it... he couldn't believe I had MS with the reaction to levaquin my staph infection had. He even showed me the referral to the hospital for my 48 hour follow up visit. 2 doses of Levaquin and it reversed and retreated. He told me he never saw such a quick response, he said MY immune system was operating at peak efficiency and hasn't had a patient in 23 years that reacted this, especially with the strain I had. He said he fully expected me to need iv antibiotics.

When I told him I had MS, he said, and I quote "NO WAY! you CAN'T!" I told him my DX and history and about LDN. He said that IF LDN does what I supposed it does with the immune system, then IT was indeed the factor that did what happened with me.

I do a whole lot better on 3.0 than 4.5... or so I think from a 38 day trial and 12 days of it...

[low dose naltrexone] Re: 3 mg LDN for 6 days, Should I ask neuro for 4.5mg?Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:33:33 -0000>> >> > Rob:> >> > 1. Not everyone experiences symptom relief on LDN and most people> > don't experience instant relief. The primary reason to take it is>to> > prevent disease progression.> >> > 2. Do you have MS?> >> > 3. Were you experiencing spasticitcy of any sort--stiffness,>spasms?> > For people who do, Dr. Bihari recommends 3 mg rather than 4.5> >BR>> > > > Dr. Bihari upped my dose to 4.5, after a year and a half at 3.0. He>said that he was putting all of his patients, with MS, on 4.5.>Thankfully, I've not had a problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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jamiehave you tried magnesium?cyndiOn Sep 28, 2006, at 8:30 AM, and Iselborn wrote:Rob, I would love to say that LDN has helped my  spasticity but unfortunately it has not.  Nothing helps me with that.  I wouldn't trade LDN for the world, I am VERY happy with it.  The 4.5  can cause fatigue, they recommend 3.0 for splasticity and no higher. Good luck! --  [low dose naltrexone] Re: 3 mg LDN for 6 days, Should I ask neuro for 4.5mg?Date:  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:33:33 -0000>> >> > Rob:> >> > 1.  Not everyone experiences symptom relief on LDN and most people> > don't experience instant relief.  The primary reason to take it is>to> > prevent disease progression.> >> > 2.  Do you have MS?> >> > 3.  Were you experiencing spasticitcy of any sort--stiffness,>spasms?> > For people who do, Dr. Bihari recommends 3 mg rather than 4.5> >> > > >  Dr. Bihari upped my dose to 4.5, after a year and a half at 3.0. He>said that he was putting all of his patients, with MS, on 4.5.>Thankfully, I've not had a problem.   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Hi Kathy, Thanks for your good wishes. My surgery is next week; 3/20. And I will let all know how I am doing. Best to all here.... Robtxbluebelle <txbluebelle@...> wrote: Rob good luck in your surgery this week. Take care and let us know how you are doing.Kathy

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