Re: Anyone Successful with Doxy?

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Great to hear you are doing so well.I was able to go to the batting cage with

my sons and only missed 2 out of 24 balls.Not bad for a girl with RA and

lupus!

Joanie

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I have been on doxi for almost nine months after getting hyperpigmnetation

( Pretty severe) from minocin, I was labeled as allergic to it.

I have had a ROUGH ride since starting the doxi but I am starting to feel

great! An inside kinda great, not just related to the the joints. It is

almost hard to explain but it is like I now do things like go play putt

putt at 9:30 at night beause I feel just too good to stay in the house. I

am calling my friends again ( I pretty much went into isolation for about

six months when I was so sick)

Mind you that that four months ago I felt like I would not be walking

much longer and really had just about given up the fight. I could not even

dress myself at this time without help and couldn't even get out of the tub

by myself because my knees were so bad.I had to take baby steps because my

feet felt like I had glass in them. I am now wearing regular shoes when I

go out and I never thought I would ever be out of orthopedic shoes. I

actually wore a short dress out last night with a cute flat shoe and this

is the first time I have worn a dress in I don't know how long ! I am able

to go barefoot pretty much of the time in the house now.

Am I getting better?? YES I AM! I think that by adding Zithromax two

months ago really helped.

I know the doxi was the right choice for me because of the severity of the

herx that I had for almost eight months. I didn't have a " joint and muscle "

herx on the minocin like I have on the doxi, only a herx in my lungs.

I am genuinely excited about how I am feeling. My hubby says it is so

evident even in my facial expressions . He says there is a whole new look

to me ( probably becuase my face isn't twisted in pain anymore!).

Sorry so long but I am so jacked about how I have been feeling this week.

The stiffness I used to get around 4:00 pm that would last until bedtime is

almost gone. I can now get up out of a chair without having to hesitate

for several minutes and wait to " unstiffen " . I can sleep through the

entire night without the excrutiating pain that would happen if I move my

knee or shoulder wrong that would leave me screaming in pain.

I am reducing my pred by 1 mg every three weeks and so far it hasn't

impacted me. I can't even tell that I have reduced it.

Good luck if you take the doxi. It was the RIGHT choice for me!

Oh, I do have RA.

03:17 PM 6/18/99 -0400, you wrote: "

>From: dav0920@...

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>Has anyone been successful treating RA with Doxycycline after

>developing a sensitivity to Minocin? Does it follow that I can't take

>Doxy if I can no longer take Minocin?

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In a message dated 6/18/99 5:57:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

LCARROLL@... writes:

<< I am reducing my pred by 1 mg every three weeks and so far it hasn't

impacted me. I can't even tell that I have reduced it.

Good luck if you take the doxi. It was the RIGHT choice for me!

Oh, I do have RA. >>

Dear ,

Hooray for you. Sooooo glad you are feeling better. We rejoice so much when

someone is getting along so well. Some day I hope y'all can write a letter

to me rejoicing with me. Some day I hope we can all be rejoicing because we

are all better.

So many of your symptoms are like mine. After getting up, waiting to

unstiffen, like getting out of your car etc. or a chair. Baby steps. I call

it the Tim Conway Shuffle. How much Pred are you still on?

Take care and keep keeping it up.

Luv, Anita

RA 26 years, Fibro, AP 16 months

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dav0920@... wrote:

>

> From: dav0920@...

>

> Has anyone been successful treating RA with Doxycycline after

> developing a sensitivity to Minocin? Does it follow that I can't take

> Doxy if I can no longer take Minocin?

Don't know if this is what you're after as I'm a short-timer on it, but

I tried Mino and had trouble (edema). I swtiched to Doxy and am having

noticable good results with it.

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Way to go, !!

M Carroll wrote:

>

> From: M Carroll <LCARROLL@...>

>

> I have been on doxi for almost nine months after getting hyperpigmnetation

> ( Pretty severe) from minocin, I was labeled as allergic to it.

> I have had a ROUGH ride since starting the doxi but I am starting to feel

> great! An inside kinda great, not just related to the the joints. It is

> almost hard to explain but it is like I now do things like go play putt

> putt at 9:30 at night beause I feel just too good to stay in the house. I

> am calling my friends again ( I pretty much went into isolation for about

> six months when I was so sick)

> Mind you that that four months ago I felt like I would not be walking

> much longer and really had just about given up the fight. I could not even

> dress myself at this time without help and couldn't even get out of the tub

> by myself because my knees were so bad.I had to take baby steps because my

> feet felt like I had glass in them. I am now wearing regular shoes when I

> go out and I never thought I would ever be out of orthopedic shoes. I

> actually wore a short dress out last night with a cute flat shoe and this

> is the first time I have worn a dress in I don't know how long ! I am able

> to go barefoot pretty much of the time in the house now.

> Am I getting better?? YES I AM! I think that by adding Zithromax two

> months ago really helped.

> I know the doxi was the right choice for me because of the severity of the

> herx that I had for almost eight months. I didn't have a " joint and muscle "

> herx on the minocin like I have on the doxi, only a herx in my lungs.

> I am genuinely excited about how I am feeling. My hubby says it is so

> evident even in my facial expressions . He says there is a whole new look

> to me ( probably becuase my face isn't twisted in pain anymore!).

> Sorry so long but I am so jacked about how I have been feeling this week.

> The stiffness I used to get around 4:00 pm that would last until bedtime is

> almost gone. I can now get up out of a chair without having to hesitate

> for several minutes and wait to " unstiffen " . I can sleep through the

> entire night without the excrutiating pain that would happen if I move my

> knee or shoulder wrong that would leave me screaming in pain.

> I am reducing my pred by 1 mg every three weeks and so far it hasn't

> impacted me. I can't even tell that I have reduced it.

> Good luck if you take the doxi. It was the RIGHT choice for me!

> Oh, I do have RA.

>

--

Regards,

Geoff Crenshaw, ACC ----------------------

Managing Partner ** No Disclaimers **

Captain Cook's Cruise Center ----------------------

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geoff@...

" Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like

an ox. Behold now, his strength in his loins, and his power in the

muscles of his belly. He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his

thighs are knit together. His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are

like bars of iron. He is the first of the ways of God. "

God speaking to Job...