Re: Had my first rheumy appt today!

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I just read your post, and glad you saw your Rheummy. I hope you get

the results of your blood work today. I just hate waiting and waiting

for results.

Hope you are feeling better. Hard to feel good in cold, snowy, weather.

That's why I moved here to Florida. I feel so much better here, and it

does wonders for my RA.

Wishing you pain free days.

Hugs,

Barbara

--- In , " rebpick1artist " <rebpick1artist@...>

wrote:

>

> I saw the rheumy today. I had a hard time getting there due to 3

inches

> of snow, but I made it. She thinks I might have fibromyalgia but wants

> to rule out some other thing first. They took blood and I will find

out

> tomorrow what, if anything, they find. She said I do not have

> enough " sore spots " but it may be due to the neurotin that I take. She

> also said I have a heart murmur. I have never been told that before.

> Also, she says I am hypermobile and that I passed it on to one of my

> children. (The child that has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.) I am not

> sure what to think of all this.---

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I just read your post, and glad you saw your Rheummy. I hope you get

the results of your blood work today. I just hate waiting and waiting

for results.

Hope you are feeling better. Hard to feel good in cold, snowy, weather.

That's why I moved here to Florida. I feel so much better here, and it

does wonders for my RA.

Wishing you pain free days.

Hugs,

Barbara

--- In , " rebpick1artist " <rebpick1artist@...>

wrote:

>

> I saw the rheumy today. I had a hard time getting there due to 3

inches

> of snow, but I made it. She thinks I might have fibromyalgia but wants

> to rule out some other thing first. They took blood and I will find

out

> tomorrow what, if anything, they find. She said I do not have

> enough " sore spots " but it may be due to the neurotin that I take. She

> also said I have a heart murmur. I have never been told that before.

> Also, she says I am hypermobile and that I passed it on to one of my

> children. (The child that has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.) I am not

> sure what to think of all this.---

>

[Guest guest]

, last year my rheumy detected a heart murmur when he listened

to my heart. I had been going to him for a couple of years, and he

hadn't heard it before. At my next visit, he heard it again and sent me

for an echocardiogram. Turns out I have mild aortic valve

regurgitation, which will be monitored. He said RA usually does not

affect the heart valves.

In my 69 years, only one other doctor had ever heard a heart murmur. I

guess some doctors have better ears than others.

Sue

On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at 09:45 PM, rebpick1artist wrote:

> I saw the rheumy today. I had a hard time getting there due to 3 inches

> of snow, but I made it. She thinks I might have fibromyalgia but wants

> to rule out some other thing first. They took blood and I will find out

> tomorrow what, if anything, they find. She said I do not have

> enough " sore spots " but it may be due to the neurotin that I take. She

> also said I have a heart murmur. I have never been told that before.

> Also, she says I am hypermobile and that I passed it on to one of my

> children. (The child that has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.) I am not

> sure what to think of all this.---

[Guest guest]

and group;

I am so sorry for your pain. I have fibro so I know what your going

through. I use to battel snow when I lived in Ohio. I live in SC so

the snow it not a problem anymore. Sometimes we have ice storms and a

little snow but far and few between.

I am sorry about your heart murmer. My sister lived a long time with a

heart murmer. You just have to be careful... I am so very sorry you

passed it on to your child. Please don't take that blame on your

self. It was not your fault hon. God bless and let us know what your

rheumy said.

gentle hugs

Clora

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> I saw the rheumy today. I had a hard time getting there due to 3

inches

> of snow, but I made it. She thinks I might have fibromyalgia but

wants

> to rule out some other thing first. They took blood and I will find

out

> tomorrow what, if anything, they find. She said I do not have

> enough " sore spots " but it may be due to the neurotin that I take.

She

> also said I have a heart murmur. I have never been told that before.

> Also, she says I am hypermobile and that I passed it on to one of my

> children. (The child that has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.) I am

not

> sure what to think of all this.---

>