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I had my Remicade infusion on Tuesday -- also got a flu shot and a

cortisone shot in my right thumb. He ordered complete bloodwork and we did a

xray

of my left hip. A cortisone shot in that hip is in my near future.

The bloodwork came back yesterday. Liver good, kidneys good, RDW is

slightly high. 15.2 -- should be between 11 and 15. I don't know if this is

related to RA or one of my other problems.

CRP is 1.6. Normal is between 0 and .9.

He wrote " slight inflammation, stable. Would like it to be zero, but you're

on fairly maximal therapy. "

I do feel pretty well since I started taking an anti-thyroid medication,

although I'm fatigued today. I've decided to walk our beagle a half mile each

morning, no matter what. We used to walk much longer than that, but I

pretty much quit walking when I first got RA. So I'm working my way up. I can

easily talk myself into a half mile. We haven't been rained out yet -- we've

gone almost a month without missing a day. I can mall-walk when the

weather is bad, but " no dogs allowed. "

dd

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