Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hi Kathy… Llinda here in Idaho. I am 54 with type 1a, did tx in 2004-05 and was still clear at one year. I live on a mini ranch with the hubby, 6 cats, 3 dogs (just found a border collie with a broken rear leg, she was starved and undoubtedly beaten, she’s mine now!) 14 llamas, 20 assorted parrots, and around 60 homing pigeons, fantails, and doves. Gee.. feels like I am leaving something out… Oh ya.. one Betta, lol. I was dx’d with Polyarthritis last summer. We went round and round with dx’s of rheumatoid and finally settled on the Poly after additional testing. Polyarthritis is caused be a virus and likely the HepC. I have no insurance and am unable to see a rheumatologist and badgered my GP into treating me. I am on prednisone and Mobic for the arthritis. Other physical problems have me on trazadone, tramadol, flexeril, all which do help some with the joint pain. Welcome to our online zoo Hello all, I just joined your group. I was diagnosed with HCV about 10 years ago. I have gone through 2 rounds of interferon/ribavirin unsuccessfully. These days I seem to have become more symptomatic and wanted to reconnect with folks that understand. I'm a generally happy person but some days the dragon can get you down. My newest ailment is inflammatory arthritis. My doctor tells me this is common with HCV. Any one experiencing the same, what treatments are you doing? Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Llinda hey hun, I have a referal to see an endiocronioligist. My pcp wants me to go thru some testing to rule out(or confirm) RA. Let me know what kinda tests I am looking at having...... JUST WHAT I NEED MORE TESTS!!!!!!!!! love and hugs, d wrote: Hi Kathy… Llinda here in Idaho. I am 54 with type 1a, did tx in 2004-05 and was still clear at one year. I live on a mini ranch with the hubby, 6 cats, 3 dogs (just found a border collie with a broken rear leg, she was starved and undoubtedly beaten, she’s mine now!) 14 llamas, 20 assorted parrots, and around 60 homing pigeons, fantails, and doves. Gee.. feels like I am leaving something out… Oh ya.. one Betta, lol. I was dx’d with Polyarthritis last summer. We went round and round with dx’s of rheumatoid and finally settled on the Poly after additional testing. Polyarthritis is caused be a virus and likely the HepC. I have no insurance and am unable to see a rheumatologist and badgered my GP into treating me. I am on prednisone and Mobic for the arthritis. Other physical problems have me on trazadone, tramadol, flexeril, all which do help some with the joint pain. Welcome to our online zoo Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Howdy d… it is just blood tests. I don’t know what that last one is called, some expensive one they had to send to Portland Ore which dx’d me as not RA, but the Poly. Turns out Poly can turn into RA, but I am not going to worry about that! The main difference between the two is that Poly affects muscles and joints but there is no disfigurement as you get with the RA which affects mainly the joints themselves. Hope they decide you don’t have either… it ain’t fun! But if you do hope for the Poly. Llinda ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Llinda hey hun, I have a referal to see an endiocronioligist. My pcp wants me to go thru some testing to rule out(or confirm) RA. Let me know what kinda tests I am looking at having...... JUST WHAT I NEED MORE TESTS!!!!!!!!! love and hugs, d wrote: Hi Kathy… Llinda here in Idaho. I am 54 with type 1a, did tx in 2004-05 and was still clear at one year. I live on a mini ranch with the hubby, 6 cats, 3 dogs (just found a border collie with a broken rear leg, she was starved and undoubtedly beaten, she’s mine now!) 14 llamas, 20 assorted parrots, and around 60 homing pigeons, fantails, and doves. Gee.. feels like I am leaving something out… Oh ya.. one Betta, lol. I was dx’d with Polyarthritis last summer. We went round and round with dx’s of rheumatoid and finally settled on the Poly after additional testing. Polyarthritis is caused be a virus and likely the HepC. I have no insurance and am unable to see a rheumatologist and badgered my GP into treating me. I am on prednisone and Mobic for the arthritis. Other physical problems have me on trazadone, tramadol, flexeril, all which do help some with the joint pain. Welcome to our online zoo Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Howdy d… it is just blood tests. I don’t know what that last one is called, some expensive one they had to send to Portland Ore which dx’d me as not RA, but the Poly. Turns out Poly can turn into RA, but I am not going to worry about that! The main difference between the two is that Poly affects muscles and joints but there is no disfigurement as you get with the RA which affects mainly the joints themselves. Hope they decide you don’t have either… it ain’t fun! But if you do hope for the Poly. Llinda ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Llinda hey hun, I have a referal to see an endiocronioligist. My pcp wants me to go thru some testing to rule out(or confirm) RA. Let me know what kinda tests I am looking at having...... JUST WHAT I NEED MORE TESTS!!!!!!!!! love and hugs, d wrote: Hi Kathy… Llinda here in Idaho. I am 54 with type 1a, did tx in 2004-05 and was still clear at one year. I live on a mini ranch with the hubby, 6 cats, 3 dogs (just found a border collie with a broken rear leg, she was starved and undoubtedly beaten, she’s mine now!) 14 llamas, 20 assorted parrots, and around 60 homing pigeons, fantails, and doves. Gee.. feels like I am leaving something out… Oh ya.. one Betta, lol. I was dx’d with Polyarthritis last summer. We went round and round with dx’s of rheumatoid and finally settled on the Poly after additional testing. Polyarthritis is caused be a virus and likely the HepC. I have no insurance and am unable to see a rheumatologist and badgered my GP into treating me. I am on prednisone and Mobic for the arthritis. Other physical problems have me on trazadone, tramadol, flexeril, all which do help some with the joint pain. Welcome to our online zoo Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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