Rainy here...

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone and welcome to all the newbies,

OK, I think I've been away long enough. Summer is gone and it was COLD when

I got up this morning! Don't like it! Not one bit! Then, to make matters

worse this morning.. I had to restart the servor computer so I could get my

computer up (cable modem) and I only turned my back for a minute! But I hear

that's all it takes, a minute.. and Isabella had her nose in my milk!!!

Isabella is my =^;^= kitty. I didn't actually " catch " her " in " the milk, but

she was licking her chops and I found kitty fur in the glass! I was in the

middle of taking my morning meds! The little brat!

I had my 12th Remicade yesterday. I am having pain today, I think I

mentioned that. The Remicade isn't working as well as it used to, in fact,

this time I am going to watch very closely on when it wears off and how well

it's working compared to the first treatments I had when I felt like I could

run a marathon. I sure don't feel like doing that at the moment, much less

getting up to go get more milk. Many of you remember those days of

excitement from me. It will be sad if it's coming to an end. BUT.. I am not

complaining. I've had almost 2 years of some " really-good feel-good! "

As you can probably guess, I have hundreds, thousands actually, of emails to

catch up on. But my delete key was put to work! I'm really sorry to say. I

had to. Otherwise, I'd never catch up. So, if anyone here sent me anything

and I didn't respond, please send it again. You weren't being ignored, I

just didn't see it and I probably deleted it. So, please send again. To get

a quicker response from me, send it to me personally: RainySu@...

Newbies, you probably think I'm new! Well, to you I am. I'm Rainy Sue, I've

been with this lovely and lively group since January 5, 2000. I began my new

millenium with a support group. My *first* support group. It took me 19

years to join one. Did I check out others? I took a peek at a couple. Shhh,

don't tell! Why did I look elsewhere when I found this group? I was getting

greedy! I thought, this one is so great, maybe I can find more! Did I? Of

course, NOT!

I was diagnosed at age 13 with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. I've had RA

for 19 years now. I am on several meds and have been on several over the

years, I have sampled many! My current meds are: Remicade (claritin and

tylenol right before infusion), Arava, Prednisone, Paxil, Ultram, Vicodin,

Amitriptyline, Didronel, Folic Acid, Iron, other vits. I feel like I am

forgetting one... Anyway, I also have fibromyalgia, and it's with that where

most of the pain originates.

I'm going to end there for now or this will never get sent tonight!

Kisses,

Rainy Sue

rainysu@...