Guest guest Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Doreen, I want to sign up for the reset button. Now! Shirley > > > Wow, Shirley - if those are all linked to RA in some way or > another, > > sign me up - its no wonder! I have had hypothyroidism since I was > in > > my 20's. I had an IUD a couple of different times and had troubles > > with them both. Not to mention the horrific experiences I have > endured > > throughout my lifetime as well. Its no wonder women are diagnosed > with > > RA more than men! Seems like all of the different types of > stresses in > > our lives (whether physical, emotional or medical) wreaks havoc > with > > our immune system. Which would stand to reason. Our immune system > is > > designed to recognize some kind of foreign response in our bodies > and > > attack it to make it go away. I imagine when something major > happens > > or something major is ongoing (good, bad or otherwise), our immune > > systems go into overload - then it doesn't know how to shut back > off > > when the stress to our system is over - or adjust itself if the > stress > > to our system is ongoing. > > > > We need a " reset " button, I think. Maybe that is the answer to all > of > > this..............Doreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Shirley and Doreen, Two treatments for RA which attempt to " reset " the immune system are rituximab and stem cell transplantation. Not an MD On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM, nana2livi <s.p5315@...> wrote: > Doreen, > I want to sign up for the reset button. Now! > Shirley > >> >> > Wow, Shirley - if those are all linked to RA in some way or >> another, >> > sign me up - its no wonder! I have had hypothyroidism since I > was >> in >> > my 20's. I had an IUD a couple of different times and had > troubles >> > with them both. Not to mention the horrific experiences I have >> endured >> > throughout my lifetime as well. Its no wonder women are > diagnosed >> with >> > RA more than men! Seems like all of the different types of >> stresses in >> > our lives (whether physical, emotional or medical) wreaks havoc >> with >> > our immune system. Which would stand to reason. Our immune > system >> is >> > designed to recognize some kind of foreign response in our > bodies >> and >> > attack it to make it go away. I imagine when something major >> happens >> > or something major is ongoing (good, bad or otherwise), our > immune >> > systems go into overload - then it doesn't know how to shut back >> off >> > when the stress to our system is over - or adjust itself if the >> stress >> > to our system is ongoing. >> > >> > We need a " reset " button, I think. Maybe that is the answer to > all >> of >> > this..............Doreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Wow, , Thanks!! I was just kidding about the reset button, but now we have something to really check into. I honestly didn't think one existed or was even possible...........Doreen > > Shirley and Doreen, > > Two treatments for RA which attempt to " reset " the immune system are > rituximab and stem cell transplantation. > > > > Not an MD > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 , Thanks, Doreen and I are already on the list. My name is right after hers, so I'm guessing she will call me right after she gets her call. Shirley > > Shirley and Doreen, > > Two treatments for RA which attempt to " reset " the immune system are > rituximab and stem cell transplantation. > > > > Not an MD > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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