Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 MIDGE, GEE MY DR. ALSO MONITORS MY SED RATE, I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING YOUR RHEUMY TOLD YOU. MY SED RATE HIGHEST HAS GONE IS 97 AND MAINTAINS AT 30 MY TEMP 96 - 97....ALL THIS IS CONFUSING....ISA >From: midgeirish@... >Reply-To: Rpolychondritis >To: Rpolychondritis >Subject: Sed Rates etc. >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 04:08:15 -0000 > >Hi Group, > It's interesting reading about Sed Rates not really being up when a >flare is going on. According to my rheumy, he is going to have me take >a sed rate test to determine if the amount of prednisone I'm on is >working....guess I must inform him differently?! > Also, last blood work done on rheumatoid factor- in my lab, normal >was between 0 and 19. Mine was 55 on one, and 52 on the one taken 2 >weeks later. When I asked rheumy what that meant, he said it just >means there is an inflammatory problem going on....duh! But he wasn't >concerned about it too much. Should I be? Then he tells me he has one >other RP patient, a gentleman, and the poor guys' ears and nose is >just 'literally being chewed up' by this terrible disease. His words. >Now guys, I kind of think maybe that is happening because the rheumy >might not be getting his medication right, but hate to judge, as I am >new to this. > Your opinions on this greatly appreciated, > Thanks, > Midge > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 MIDGE, GEE MY DR. ALSO MONITORS MY SED RATE, I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING YOUR RHEUMY TOLD YOU. MY SED RATE HIGHEST HAS GONE IS 97 AND MAINTAINS AT 30 MY TEMP 96 - 97....ALL THIS IS CONFUSING....ISA >From: midgeirish@... >Reply-To: Rpolychondritis >To: Rpolychondritis >Subject: Sed Rates etc. >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 04:08:15 -0000 > >Hi Group, > It's interesting reading about Sed Rates not really being up when a >flare is going on. According to my rheumy, he is going to have me take >a sed rate test to determine if the amount of prednisone I'm on is >working....guess I must inform him differently?! > Also, last blood work done on rheumatoid factor- in my lab, normal >was between 0 and 19. Mine was 55 on one, and 52 on the one taken 2 >weeks later. When I asked rheumy what that meant, he said it just >means there is an inflammatory problem going on....duh! But he wasn't >concerned about it too much. Should I be? Then he tells me he has one >other RP patient, a gentleman, and the poor guys' ears and nose is >just 'literally being chewed up' by this terrible disease. His words. >Now guys, I kind of think maybe that is happening because the rheumy >might not be getting his medication right, but hate to judge, as I am >new to this. > Your opinions on this greatly appreciated, > Thanks, > Midge > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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