Your Not Gonna Believe This

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or maybe you will.

First off, I saw my ortho dr who found the RA on Thurs and referred

me to a " rheumy " ( I think this word is funny:-) Saturday I get the

paperwork in the mail from the Rheumys office with tons of questions

on it, they have gotten me in on this friday, man that was fast. I

will spend the next week gathering xrays and old lab work, have had

many labs done sporadically by my primary dr over last 7 years, some

of it positive but that never " related " to anything. I want to keep

copies of all lab/xrays from now on because from what I have read

from yall, I may need to do the SSDI one day and it will help to have

it on hand myself.

Ok, I call my biological father yesterday, we talk several times

a year, but didnt see him alot growing up. I knew he had an

autoimmune kidney disease and I called to quiz him about it before I

go to the doc, know what he tells me? He was diagnosed with RA 2

months ago (as well as thyroid and diabetes after having Valley Fevr

in the spring) anyhow, that just blew my mind.

Man yall are a busy group. I duck out for one day and it takes

me an hour to weed through the posts)

I am off to my health insurance website to see what drugs they

will cover, the new rheumy sent a list of drugs wanting to know what

I have been on in the past, I am going to research all of them to see

what insurance pays and dosnt so I don't waste his and my time on

something that insurance won't cover up front. I have tried Ultram,

Bextra, Naprosyn, Vioxx, Celebrex, Ansaid, Disclid, Daypro and

Voltaren with little or no relief over the last 4 years.

Thanx a ton guys. in MO