Re: Hi all - Hi Beth

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Or tubes of any kind going anywhere now that I think of it.

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> It's so good to hear from you again! I'm glad you're hanging in

there in spite of the slings and arrows that life throws at all of

us.  And by the way, we share that goal...NO MORE CHEST TUBES!!

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>  Beth 

> Age 48 Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 UCTD 07/08

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> Change everything. Love and Forgive    

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> Hi all

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> Been doing OK, not great, lately. All of my bloodwork came back

for

> any specific autoimmune disease. I see my GP doc again the first

week

> of September, also my pulmo that week. Come to think of it, also

the

> oral surgeon. I guess it is going to be a busy week!

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> I did get a diagnosis of arthritis but at least no Rheumatoid. But

the

> naprosen caused fluid to build up around my heart so we upped the

> Lasix. And then the pulmo called in a burst and doxycycline to try

to

> clear out the chest. It is my goal in life to never had another

chest

> tube!

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> It is raining buckets outside. And I mean buckets! This is the

first

> rain of late summer with a cool front that reminds us fall is in

fact

> coming. Maybe this week will be cooler. Hope all of you are well.

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> Welcome to the newbies! I hate you had to be hear but glad you

found

> us. Our family just gets bigger.

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> S, Lubbock, TX

> NSIP w/PF 12/2006

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