Re: hello/Welcome frm Melt

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Hi , Patty here, I'm shure you will find this site full of new

friends and understanding. I am also a newer member and I have been

wecomed warmly and lovingly. So nice to meet you. For a time I too

was without insurance. That is one of the hardest things about any

illness, to cope with. Talk to your Soc. Sec. representative about

possible qualifying for partial benefits, at least your medical?

Maybe there would be some relief. I'm shure you will have an outlet

here for the support that at times is the best medicine in the

world. Hope you have a good day, till soon, Melt

P.S. I know Pattymelt is silly, but my friends named me this and my

6 yr. old grandaughter thought it should be my web name. Feel free

to use any form of you like, I should be called 5 name Melt.

By the way, get someone to fill you in on all this LOL stuff that

goes on around here, unless your already savvy, unlike myself. Miss

Cat filled me in because I'm NOT computer literate. Good day again.

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> My name is and I am new to this group. I live in

Wisconsin and have been diagnosed with stills for about 11 years. I

have been on methotrexate and folic acid for ABOUT 4 years. I am not

on anything else. I became very ill again and the other meds I had

been using stopped working. Metho keeps the symptoms to a tolerable

level and it is cheap. I'd love to get off of it though~ I hate the

nausea. However, I don't have medical insurance....oh well. I am a

certified teacher who is an on-staff substitute at a high school, so

I work everyday in sometimes difficult circumstances but am not

treated as a real employee. I have been divorced for about 7 years

and I have 2 children~ 18 and 20. I am 46 years old. I am doing

pretty well health-wise other than some pain and being tired all the

time. The Rheum. believes I have fibromyalgia, but I don't

know......what can be done about it anyway? I also deal with

hypothyroidism. It has been interesting reading the messages about

anti-depressants. My doc wanted to put me on one, but I wasn't able

to tolerate the two we tried. I can't afford it anyway. And really,

I would say that most of the time I feel quite positive and happy.

It's just that I am often very tired and I have trouble doing the

things that I want to do and the things that I should be doing to

improve my life (finding a better job, etc.) Gee!!! I sound like

such a complainer~ I try not to be! Am I supposed to put my

birthday into this bio? ~~ it's Jan. 15. Thanks for this

opportunity. I hope that you all have a good day. julia

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