Introducing Myself

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn:

Welcome to our wonderful group of caring, loving, and informative

members. Sorry that you have RA.

I too, have RA. I hope your meds. start to work for you, so you can

begin to feel better.

It does take time to find the right meds., and the right combination

that works well for you. Hang in there, and try to rest when you can.

I have had to learn to pace myself each day, and rest each afternoon.

It took me quite a while to do this. I always did everything I wanted

to each day, until my RA reared its ugly head.

Wishing you pain free days ahead, and again, welcome to our wonderful

group.

Hugs,

Barbara

>

> Hi everyone,

> I just joined your group. I am from NB, Canada and am proudly owned by

6 cockatoo parrots. I have just been diagnosed before christmas with RA

and have been suffering something terrible, to a point where I could

barely feed myself. I just went on monday to see the RA specialist for

the first time. He put me on a drug called Methotrexate. I am also on

prednisone (for the 2nd time) and also have to take folic acid and am

also on Voltarin.

>

> My ankles are swollen so bad that you can't even see my ankle bone and

can't type much as my fingers and hands are swollen. Has anyone here

heard of the green lipped mussel? If so has anyone used it?

>

> Carolyn

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Barb,

Well so far, none of the meds are helping. The doctor said that it could take

up to 10 weeks before the methotrexate begins to work. Not sure if I can handle

it that long.

Most of the swelling seems to be all on my right side. Today was a very bad day

for me. spent most of the day in bed.

Hugs

Carolyn

Matt (male G2)

PJ (female G2)

Mace (rescued male G2)

Pebbles (handfed female G2)

Maggie (female G2)

Clemmy (female CC2)

Sammy (female U2: Gone But Never Forgotten)

[Guest guest]

Sorry you are feeling so bad today. It does take a while to find what

meds. work for you. Everyone of us has their own " cocktail " that works

best for them. When I started on MTX it was in pill form, and I

couldn't take them. They made me so sick to my stomach 24 hrs. a day.

So my Rheumy switched me to self injections. No more sickness, thank

God.

I am glad you are able to go to bed and stay there. That is the best we

can do for ourselves. I call them " my down days " . Hard to do anything

when we are in such awful pain. I love to read, watch t.v., and go on

line. That passes the day for me.

Has your dr. given you a RX for pain meds.? If so, are they working for

you? I had to try several before I found the 2 that works best for me.

I hate to keep adding more meds., but I need pain pills when I am

hurting that bad.

Try to rest all you can, and maybe call your dr. and tell them what

shape you are in. I always call my Rheumy with any problem or flare. I

have learned to call when I feel that bad, and get the proper meds. to

make me feel better.

Take care of yourself, and praying you have pain free days ahead.

hugs,

Barbara

>

> Thank you Barb,

> Well so far, none of the meds are helping. The doctor said that it

could take up to 10 weeks before the methotrexate begins to work. Not

sure if I can handle it that long.

>

> Most of the swelling seems to be all on my right side. Today was a

very bad day for me. spent most of the day in bed.

>

> Hugs

> Carolyn

> Matt (male G2)

> PJ (female G2)

> Mace (rescued male G2)

> Pebbles (handfed female G2)

> Maggie (female G2)

> Clemmy (female CC2)

> Sammy (female U2: Gone But Never Forgotten)

>

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. I'm and I'm just beginning my real food journey.

I've been a serious real cook for a couple years now. I collect

edwardian and victorian cookbooks and from them have learned what I

know about food. I am totally blind and have been so all my life. I

live with my husband Bruce and our three furbabies, Earl, belle,

and her son Balthazar. Because of his weight we seek real food and real

health. We don't follow modern practice or belief. We are joyfully

behind the times. We feel like we would fit more in 1909 instead of

2009. We hope to own a victorian home on a bit of land to grow some of

our own food. I look forward to learning and sharing with you all.

Blessings.

[Guest guest]

Hi . I just joined to find out about this group and so far have seen a

couple of intros and questions ignored. Once I belonged to a very active group

and made kefir for awhile. I'll look a bit further, but if I don't see more

response to newcomers, I'll look for the group I belonged to before.

Anyhow, from one newcomer to another, " Welcome! "

>

> Hi everyone. I'm and I'm just beginning my real food journey.

> I've been a serious real cook for a couple years now. I collect

> edwardian and victorian cookbooks and from them have learned what I

> know about food. I am totally blind and have been so all my life. I

> live with my husband Bruce and our three furbabies, Earl, belle,

> and her son Balthazar. Because of his weight we seek real food and real

> health. We don't follow modern practice or belief. We are joyfully

> behind the times. We feel like we would fit more in 1909 instead of

> 2009. We hope to own a victorian home on a bit of land to grow some of

> our own food. I look forward to learning and sharing with you all.

> Blessings.

>

[Guest guest]

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I don't know if breast implants can cause discs to herniate, but I wouldn't be surprised as they are the cause of so many ailments. I had a problem with the same disc at the time I was ill from implants and ended up having an unnecessary microdiscectomy surgery. The pain in my legs ended up being parathesis from the implants, not the disc causing sciatica. The disc reherniated within a month of the surgery. I was looking at going back in for fusion surgery by the time I figured out it was my implants. My advice is don't rush into back surgery. My health and my back have been much better since I was explanted in 2005.

Hope this helps.

Kate

From: <jessica@...> Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 8:12:43 PMSubject: Introducing Myself

HI, I am , 32 year old mother of 4 in Tennessee.I had Mentor saline implants in 2001. In 2009 my doctor confirmed that one breast had slipped out of place but an ultrasound showed no real threat and insurance at the time wouldn't pay to get them removed so we left it alone. Sunday night I noticed a dramatic change in the location, shape, size of the right side. After feeling around and looking int he mirror, I was devastated. There is a crunchy rippling feel to it now, it sits about 2 inches lower than the left and about 2 inches off to the side under my arm I am only 5'3" and 115 anyway so a change like this shows up quite easily on me :(Until the last few days I had NO idea a saline implant could be dangerous. I have been doing my research though and am shocked. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome. depression, anxiety, had cervical cancer causing a full hysterectomy in 2009 and most recently

diagnosed with degenerative disk disease which has caused disk after disk to herniate and rupture. I have had two neck surgeries and now have a titanium plate in my neck and am fully aware that back surgery is next because of a completely herniated L5 S1. Have any of you ladies heard anything about leaking saline causing DDD?Aside from the DDD I am a healthy, active, non smoker, non drinker that loves life and loves God.I am not looking forward to this surgery at all but am holding onto hope that maybe some of my crazy ailments will be lessened by having them removed.Thanks for this group, I am sure I am going to get so much from it!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Im so sorry you are not feeling well, it sounds like you have had a really bad time of it. I hope you get some answers and some healing here. I am also a new member, I'm 39 years old and a mother of six in New York. I have been on a long lonely journey for several years now , too ,and I'm just starting to explore the possibly that it my implants that are making me sick.

For two years now, starting right after I got implants , I began feeling fatigued, not unusual w/ 6 kids and a full time job, so I went on. Then severe back pain, difficulty breathing ,chest pain, thyroid issues, hair falling out, depression,anxiety, unexplained skin rashes, and so on. I chalked it up to getting older and 20 yrs of child rearing taking its toll.

I started to see an ND because my regular Dr just kept putting me on more and more prescriptions w/o really addressing the root cause.

My husband is tired of listening about how i don't feel good, it's a true problem in our relationship now, we've been married 20 yrs.

If any one wants to send me email personally I would love to have a friend I can share this stuff with.Hang in there , maybe we are both on the right path now. ( mamacondon6@...)

From: <jessica@...> Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 9:12:43 PMSubject: Introducing Myself

HI, I am , 32 year old mother of 4 in Tennessee.I had Mentor saline implants in 2001. In 2009 my doctor confirmed that one breast had slipped out of place but an ultrasound showed no real threat and insurance at the time wouldn't pay to get them removed so we left it alone. Sunday night I noticed a dramatic change in the location, shape, size of the right side. After feeling around and looking int he mirror, I was devastated. There is a crunchy rippling feel to it now, it sits about 2 inches lower than the left and about 2 inches off to the side under my arm I am only 5'3" and 115 anyway so a change like this shows up quite easily on me :(Until the last few days I had NO idea a saline implant could be dangerous. I have been doing my research though and am shocked. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome. depression, anxiety, had cervical cancer causing a full hysterectomy in 2009 and most recently

diagnosed with degenerative disk disease which has caused disk after disk to herniate and rupture. I have had two neck surgeries and now have a titanium plate in my neck and am fully aware that back surgery is next because of a completely herniated L5 S1. Have any of you ladies heard anything about leaking saline causing DDD?Aside from the DDD I am a healthy, active, non smoker, non drinker that loves life and loves God.I am not looking forward to this surgery at all but am holding onto hope that maybe some of my crazy ailments will be lessened by having them removed.Thanks for this group, I am sure I am going to get so much from it!

[Guest guest]

, welcome honey. You've really been through a lot. I have had implants for 4 yrs and had a hierniatied disk before them that caused sciatica that left me unable to walk when i was shoveling. Then years went by with no problems from it at all till yesterday. I was bending down and got this super sharp pain in my back. I"m falling apart quickly, I even LOOK toxic and sick now. Kate, I didn't know about parathesis from the implants causing leg pain, I've been having this major burning sensation in what I thought was in my muscles in my legs. Could that be parathesis? Since you mentioned it , I also lead a very clean lifestyle.. but with these poison bags in me it's hard to FEEL IT. from Az

From: lagarita120@...Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:27:11 -0800Subject: Re: Introducing Myself

:

I don't know if breast implants can cause discs to herniate, but I wouldn't be surprised as they are the cause of so many ailments. I had a problem with the same disc at the time I was ill from implants and ended up having an unnecessary microdiscectomy surgery. The pain in my legs ended up being parathesis from the implants, not the disc causing sciatica. The disc reherniated within a month of the surgery. I was looking at going back in for fusion surgery by the time I figured out it was my implants. My advice is don't rush into back surgery. My health and my back have been much better since I was explanted in 2005.

Hope this helps.

Kate

From: <jessica@...> Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 8:12:43 PMSubject: Introducing Myself

HI, I am , 32 year old mother of 4 in Tennessee.I had Mentor saline implants in 2001. In 2009 my doctor confirmed that one breast had slipped out of place but an ultrasound showed no real threat and insurance at the time wouldn't pay to get them removed so we left it alone. Sunday night I noticed a dramatic change in the location, shape, size of the right side. After feeling around and looking int he mirror, I was devastated. There is a crunchy rippling feel to it now, it sits about 2 inches lower than the left and about 2 inches off to the side under my arm I am only 5'3" and 115 anyway so a change like this shows up quite easily on me :(Until the last few days I had NO idea a saline implant could be dangerous. I have been doing my research though and am shocked. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome. depression, anxiety, had cervical cancer causing a full hysterectomy in 2009 and most recently diagnosed with degenerative disk disease which has caused disk after disk to herniate and rupture. I have had two neck surgeries and now have a titanium plate in my neck and am fully aware that back surgery is next because of a completely herniated L5 S1. Have any of you ladies heard anything about leaking saline causing DDD?Aside from the DDD I am a healthy, active, non smoker, non drinker that loves life and loves God.I am not looking forward to this surgery at all but am holding onto hope that maybe some of my crazy ailments will be lessened by having them removed.Thanks for this group, I am sure I am going to get so much from it!