Re: Re: Hiya i am a new member! '

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Hi ':

Welcome to the group. There are a lot of very

supportive and caring people here, and our moderators,

and a, really keep us informed as to all

sorts of very interesting RA and autoimmune related

articles, etc. It's been a wonderful resource for me,

and just being able to speak with people who really

understand what you are going through has proven

invaluable.

I am glad that you have gotten over the anger phase -

to tell the truth I still get angry at all of this

stuff from time to time lol - and that you are

concentrating on doing what you can to control your

RA. We all have our bad days, good days, and

sometimes really bad days, so we know what you are

talking about when you want to stay in bed under the

covers. There are many days I feel the same.

Are you on any other medications than Remicade? You

must have a very aggressive form of RA if you have

gone so quickly to Remicade. Mine is of a more

moderate disease, so I guess I am one of the lucky

ones in that way. I currently am on Enbrel, Mtx, Mobic

and Ultracet. I was dx 8 years ago at the age of 45 -

quite the shock -and have tried other meds during that

time, but this combo seems to be doing well with me,

in that my disease appears to be under good control

and not progressing at this time. Some days it sure

feels like it is progressing, though! I also have

Raynaud's, Fibromyalgia, and osteoarthritis.

Anyway, just wanted to say welcome, and nice to have

you here, but sorry for the reason you joined us.

Kathe in CA

--- renee' kirby <dakirb1@...> wrote:

> Hi RA buddies!

> I was diagnosed with RA in April 2005 and for

> almost a year I have been very angry about this

> disease. Now I'm accepting it for what it is and

> working on controlling it instead of letting it

> control me...it's hard and somedays I want to just

> stay under the covers all day. I just had a

> praticularly nasty reaction to Remicade Friday and

> I've been under the weather all weekend...hopefully

> I'll be back up and running for another work week in

> the morning. '

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Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kathe,

yes, I have a very aggresive form of RA-it destroyed

the joints in my right wrist in a few weeks time-this

past Friday I went in for my Remicade infusion and had

a nasty reaction-they think I may be becoming allergic

to it...they said they would try it one more time in 8

weeks and go from there. '

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