Re: RA and Strep throat/OT

[Guest guest]

Phyllis,

Thanks for your kind words. We made it just fine. I was married and

I had my mother and father then. My spouse and daughter came for

visits and I stayed every night and worked every workday. I would

leave when he went to sleep and go get clothes for a couple of days.

He had a private room, so I could bathe there. Daddy would bring

Mama to the hospital to sit with him each day. I was so blessed to

have them. My spouse was useless, well almost. The hard part was

keeping a 10 year old in bed! He was so good, he never even fussed

once when they did blood gases, which was at least once daily. I

have heard adults cry from this.

When he could finally do something, mild activity, we let him go

across the road and fish, since he had never caught anything I felt

it was safe. OMG, he caught his first fish and came screaming and

running home! I have of picture of him and that d@@@ fish. You just

can't keep a boy of 10 down.

He is fine. I frequently ask him if he is watching the color of his

urine. He turns red and says, " Yes Mom " . He is still shy with me.

(my son) has had that same strain that caused it several

times since. , who was a weight lifting champion (World

and Olympic) from Ga., had it at the same age as my son. It returned

when he was in his fifties. His sister gave him a kidney but he

rejected it and died less than a year later.

Do be careful with it. Once again, take all of your antibotics, even

after you start feeling better.

Shirley

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> > > Hi all,

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> > > I have strep throat. I'm on antibiotic and know that I

> shouldn't

> > > use my MTX or Enbrel until the antibiotics are finished.

What

> I'm

> > > wondering is if strep throat has any other complications for

> people

> > > with RA? Anyone with any experience?

> > >

> > > Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

,

Thank you. He is such a delight. His wife has thanked me for the way

that I raised him to respect women. He gets a lot of that credit. He

also made the choice.

Shirley

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> What a dramatic story, Shirley.

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> I hope will always be well.

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[Guest guest]

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I love the name. He is also a WONDERFUL step-father. I truly doubt

that he will ever have any of his own, so to him they are his. It

fills my heart with joy to hear him say, our little girl or our

little boy.

I bet your is pretty special too!

Shirley

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> > Thank you. He is such a delight. His wife has thanked me for the

way

> > that I raised him to respect women. He gets a lot of that

credit. He

> > also made the choice.

> > Shirley

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