Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 Hi Bob, Please give my love! I have been thinking about her and hoping that she was doing o.k. Hope the new medication works for her. Take care! squeek --- bob lindsay wrote: > > of La did get back from the Mayo Clinic. > They checked her over very closely and Dr. Luthra > says > she does indeed have relapsing polychondritis and it > needs to be better controled. She has been on 45-60 > mg > of zone daily and 5 2.5 mex per week for over 4 > months > with no improvement and constant pain, so he > recommmed > Cellcept as an alternative to the mex...since she > had > elevated AST levels...she also has diabetes which > would account for some of the weakness, and slow > healing, i think. she started on the new med this > week,so we will see what happens. also they > increased > her nerontin and now she is very sleepy...one > interesting thing they told her to do was to wash > the > ears and sore places on her skin with vinegar....she > says that vinegar does better than all those > expensive > antibotic creams!! > > so we keep on hoping and praying for everyone. I > think her computer is broke and the disablilty check > is in the mail...that is another story..insurance > companies are so interesting, the short term they > paid > quickly but long term it is taking almost three > months > to get started...at least they said the check was in > the mail...i guess they think that bills quit coming > when you are sick... > > bob lindsay > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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