Re: Hello from another newbie

[Guest guest]

Welcome . Hopefully as your body adjusts to the plaquenil, the

side effects will go away.

Everyone is different and tolerates meds differently. It takes about 3

months for plaquenil to be effective. You can read more abou plaquenil and

other RA meds at a website that I made for our group:

http://rheumatoid.arthritis.freehosting.net/drugs.html#plaquenil

There are many members here that don¹t have a firm diagnoses. Hopefully

your doctor is trying to find out what is going on so that you can be

properly treated. RA and lupus together are very rare.

What is going on with your liver? Do you have other family members with

autoimmune diseases? Of course you don¹t have to answer if you don¹t want

to.

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> My name is , I am 38 years old (as of yesterday!) I live in

> Pennsylvania with my DH, 2 wonderful daughters, 3 dogs, and 4 cats!

> I also have a daughter that is living about 3 hours away from here.

> I am a type 2 diabetic with anxiety disorders and SS. I have many

> overlapping symptoms and so the docs are not sure if I have RA or

> Lupus or both? I also have problems with my liver (autoimmune

> related, or so I am told) I have just started taking Planquenil and

> am not sure I like the side affects of it. My stomach is giving me

> fits and I have dirahia (sp?) I was told that it would take quite a

> while to see good affects of the drug? Does anyone know if these

> other things last long? I was on Prednizone but it caused my BG

> levels to spike! (300 - 400 range) It really was not helping with

> the pain like the doc thought it would anyway.

> WEll, I just wanted to introduce myself.

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[Guest guest]

Hi , I just want to stop in and welcome you, Tawny

> My name is , I am 38 years old (as of yesterday!) I live in

> Pennsylvania with my DH, 2 wonderful daughters, 3 dogs, and 4 cats!

> I also have a daughter that is living about 3 hours away from here.

> I am a type 2 diabetic with anxiety disorders and SS. I have many

> overlapping symptoms and so the docs are not sure if I have RA or

> Lupus or both? I also have problems with my liver (autoimmune

> related, or so I am told) I have just started taking Planquenil and

> am not sure I like the side affects of it. My stomach is giving me

> fits and I have dirahia (sp?) I was told that it would take quite a

> while to see good affects of the drug? Does anyone know if these

> other things last long? I was on Prednizone but it caused my BG

> levels to spike! (300 - 400 range) It really was not helping with

> the pain like the doc thought it would anyway.

> WEll, I just wanted to introduce myself.

>

[Guest guest]

, Welcome, I am sorry to hear that you have RA but you came

to the right place for support and answers.

I don't know about plaquenil as never having been on it. I do know

that for myself prednizone never worked. I know too that the drugs

that have worked took some time getting into my system and easing my

pain.

I take MTX - 15mg a week. It scared the death out of me when they

first put me on it because it is a chemotherapy drug. Some of my

hair fell out and my fingernails are all short now because they

constantly split but it helped reduce the achiness.

I take Lortab for the real bad pain days and I take skellaxin for

the mild ones.

I take Remicade once every 8 weeks. I am afraid to stop it although

it doesn't reduce any pain anymore. It did in the beginning but so

far my RA has not caused any nodules or deformities or any more

damage to my bones so I will stay on it.

I wish you the best of luck and hopefully you will find the right

combination of prescriptions soon.

One thing I did was change my diet too. I bought the Zone diet book

and read about what combinations of foods you needed. Right now I

am doing the South beach diet and it is doing okay. I need to get

strictly back on it and will but my vacation stymied it for a

time...but I have faith that i will get back on it

God bless,

Althea

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group!

I'm Judi, 58, a grandmother (16-mo. old triplets and a 4-year old),

wife of Ron (Parkinson's) and I have Dercum's Disease, which is also

autoimmune, plus some other fun physical challenges. This is a great

group, a and are great sources of information as are all the

group members. The support here is awesome, and it is a great place

to stop in when you are feeling down, or just want to talk, or even

when you have good news to share. Nice to meet you!

Judi in Indiana

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group, !

What do you mean by SS (since it can mean several things)?

Have you called your physician and told him/her that you are having

trouble tolerating the Plaquenil?

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Hello from another newbie

> My name is , I am 38 years old (as of yesterday!) I live in

> Pennsylvania with my DH, 2 wonderful daughters, 3 dogs, and 4 cats!

> I also have a daughter that is living about 3 hours away from here.

> I am a type 2 diabetic with anxiety disorders and SS. I have many

> overlapping symptoms and so the docs are not sure if I have RA or

> Lupus or both? I also have problems with my liver (autoimmune

> related, or so I am told) I have just started taking Planquenil and

> am not sure I like the side affects of it. My stomach is giving me

> fits and I have dirahia (sp?) I was told that it would take quite a

> while to see good affects of the drug? Does anyone know if these

> other things last long? I was on Prednizone but it caused my BG

> levels to spike! (300 - 400 range) It really was not helping with

> the pain like the doc thought it would anyway.

> WEll, I just wanted to introduce myself.

>

[Guest guest]

The more the merrier and the more info input

Welcome

Kathy M

crestlinelady <silvereyes2@...> wrote:

Greetings! I'm another newbie coming to introduce myself. ) I

went on the blood type diet a few years back to get my fibromyalgia

under control and have been on it ever since.

I work with a naturopathic practitioner (ND) and am studying to be one

myself. We recommend the blood type diet to all of our patients.

I'm very pleased to find this group. I've been cheating a little bit

lately and need the encouragement to stick to healthier eating even

when I'm at work and have little time for lunch. After reading

through the messages here, I think I will just wake up a little bit

earlier and make a good lunch for my daughter and I before heading off

to the clinic. Besides, I need to set a good example for our clients,

right?

It's nice to meet such a great group of people. )

Kathy R.