Re: achey intro

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Hi :

Glad you are having better success with communication

on the internet - it can be a bit daunting at first.

You have found a wonderful group of very carying and

supportive individuals, and our moderators, and

a, and the best for finding us all sorts of very

interesting and informative articles from the net.

You will learn a lot here.

Sounds like you have run the gamut of medication for

RA. I hope that the remicade and Mtx are helping

you.

I am 51 and currently am taking Mtx and Enbrel with

good success, as well as Mobic and Ultracet. I also

have FM and take other meds for that. I also try to

avoid steroids if at all possible.

Glad to have you with us - we talk about everything

meds, doctors, treatments, information on how these

things affect us, what has helped or has not helped,

our families and friends and their understanding of

RA, our pets (who totally understand RA and give

unconditional love no matter what), just everything

that we deal with day to day. We are here for you and

we do " get it " .

Kathe in CA

--- Hertling <mchertling@...> wrote:

> Ok, I seem to be having more success communitcating.

> Thanks to all of you who have been guiding me along

> this techno-confusion. I am 32 and was diagnosed at

> 25 (7 years ago for all those as math challenged as

> I

> am computer....). I did the basic

> routine....steriods, plaquinal, more steroids,

> methotrexate alone, enbrel...funding ran out, more

> steroids, remicade,,,,,good for a while (with and

> with

> out steriods), now remicade w/ methotrexate. and

> all

> the while pain-killers and a boatload of suppements

> ofcourse. And thankfully, only steroids when

> intensly

> flared.

> I really appreciate you guys. I dont even know

> you.

>

> But

> I do.

>

> --- Hertling <mchertling@...> wrote:

>

>

Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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