Re: Fw: brief intro please??

[Guest guest]

Welcome Laurie. So sorry your husband has been diagnosed with RA.

You can contact the Arthritis Foundation to see what is available in

your area:

Louisiana Community

National Office

1330 W Peachtree St., NW, Ste 100

Atlanta, GA 30309

(800)568-4045

I know it's scary to get this kind of news. I hope responds to

medication that will

enable him to live a normal life. The side effects he's experiencing

may subside

as his body adjusts to the medication.

a

On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:26 PM, Laurie wrote:

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> My name is Laurie and I've just joined this website tonight. My

> husband

> is 32 and has just been diagnosed with RA. He began having symptoms

> after Christmas and in three days went from mild right ankle pain to

> full body immobilizing pain. We're pretty floored. We have 2

> preschoolers, so you can imagine the stress. Thankfully 's

> inflammation and pain went into remission right away with

> prednisone and

> Mobic. We think he's having a flareup and he's begun taking the Mobic

> again. He is also on plaquenil, but only for a couple weeks now, so I

> don't think it's really kicking in yet. He has been having some

> dizziness with this med. Is that common? Does it go away as your

> body

> adjusts to the med? This is all so new to us--we are pretty clueless.

>

> Does anyone know of any support groups for patients/spouses in the

> northwest Arkansas area?

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> Laurie

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> > My name is Dennis and I live with my bride of almost 42 years in

> beautiful

> > downtown Pritchett, TX. We have 3 grown children who have varying

> degrees of

> > spine damage. I know it's not from my side of the family, so I don't

> know.

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> > I've had RA from 1990 after a bout of the flu, I didn't ge a flu

> shot!

> I'll

> > never do that again. I also have Fibro, and recently have Sjogrens

> Syndrome.

> > I've been bed-ridden for a couple of years, and home bound for

> longer.

> I

> > also seem to be depressed because it's too much trouble to go out,

> having to

> > load and unload the scooter and navigate through crouds with it.

> It's

> much

> > easier to stay home and let our friends (we have none) come

> visit. It

> does

> > get lonely sometimes, but I have my 2 lap dogs for company.

> >

> > Dennis

> > [ ] Fw: brief intro please??

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> > >

> > > I wonder would it be too much to ask for us all to do a brief

> intro

> about

> > > ourselves??? I have only been with this group for a few months and

> in

> > > between moving and being offline with computer probs..I keep

> losing

> track

> > > of who's who......

> > >

> > > in Australia

> > > 34years old, married with three boys.

> > > RA (3yrs diagnosed, 8yrs symptoms), Raynards and more recently

> > > Fibromyalgia.

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