Guest guest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Thanks Kathe, I appreciate your warm welcome. I hope everyone is having a happy easter....preferably painfree ofcourse! I look forward to a lot of sopport and conversation here, provided I can master my scary computer. Thanks again everyone. melanie --- Kathe Sabetzadeh <lv2ryd@...> wrote: > 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. " > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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