Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hiya, everyone My name is Dana and I live in Orange County, CA. I frankly need some people of my own kind to commiserate with. My sponser in AA, I am 5 years sober, Yeaa!, has RA. So, she understands, and also suggested I find a support group. So far no luck in finding a physical one, but boy am I grateful to have found this! I used to belong to a similar one for Hep-C which I also deal with. or try to. I found a monthly group in my area to go to r that. Due to my disinigrating liver, we are not going to be using any of the RA medications, which will, according to my doc and Ginny (sponsor really make me sick anyway, and with the liver deal, I for sure would not be able to work. Oh, and yeah, I went on the interferon tx, and it did not touch it. Hopefully something new will come along, because my doc says I am not allowed to do any more interferon tx. This really is another subject, but I figured I would clarify my position on not going on RA meds. Like I am sure alot of you do, I work full time. With my current brain fog quotient, It is a real hard day most of the time. I am currently doing the shoulder joint pain the worst, and my hips, too. I have a normal sed rate (3) as of yet, however the labs say my Rhuematiod Factor Quantitative is (high) at 32, and I have a high level of monocytes, too, coming in at 1.1. I know nothing about these readings...I have not taken the opportunity to sit with my doc and go over these. I am posting all the lab stuff cuz I wondered if anyone could tell me what they are feeling, and if they have similar readings. Whew...I must tell you all that it feels better just to be reaching out. I was just diagnosed in January, and coupled with the hep, I can say I am not living a normal life at all. I work, get in some AA meetings, which I remain very active in as I sponsor women and work a great program, occasionally I even get asked to speak for about 45 mins. in front of a bunch of ol drunks. I swear, with out this program, wellbutrin and empirin with codeine, I don't know what would be going on. Well. I have said enough tonigt, gonna hit the sack, it is past my bedtime (8:15) if anyone can relate. I really look forward to hearing back from some of you. God Bless. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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