Guest guest Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 hi all, just joined, and already have enjoyed reading some of your posts. looks like i will learn a lot of new things here. i am 67 yrs. old, live in south alabama. a mother, grandmother, and 1 great grand.... have two grandsons in the army, one will be deployed to afghanistan soon. i have had osteoarthritis for yrs., but in the last yr., got so much worse. blood test show i now have RA. the pain and weakness has gotten so much worse, couldn't even get from one room to another. dr. sent me to a RA dr., he has me on some new med. that has really helped. prednisone, plaquenil, and lortab for pain. thank the good lord for the pain med. i can finally sleep, and function better with my farm. have cows, goats, horses, and chickens that have to be fed and watered everyday. toting 5 gallon feed buckets is rough when you hurt so bad.i still can't do like i used to, but at least i can help some. its just me and hubby..... he has heart condition, ..... looks like we will have to down size on animals. i would like to ask,.... how long can you take the prednisone ?? i go back to the dr. at the end of next month, i'll ask him then. it has helped, and i just hate to think about doing without it.... guess i have rambled on enough.. thank you for this group. BETTY Gates PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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