Re: New to the group/disability

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i applied for disability as soon as dr told i would not be able to dfo the work

at the job i had i was a home health for elderly people i missed it a lot but i

am on kineret except for stressful situation situations it has been pretty good

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>Hello my name is ~

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>My sister was recently diagnosed with Stills. We don't understand this

>disease and how it came out of the blue. She was recently in the

>hospital, and that is how we found out she had this. We would like to

>find out more about this. She has almost all of the symptoms that go

>with this disease. She is 28 yr old. She has fever, enlarged spleen and

>liver, rash, her whole body aches, I think her wrists hurt the most. She

>can barely do her day to day activities. Like laundry, dishes, walk,

>move...ect... Her current medications are Vicodin, methotrexate (sp) and

>a new drug that is in clinical trials (not sure what the name is). Her

>doctor told her to try this for 5-6 wks to see if she goes into

>remission. She is supposed to go back into her doctor in month, unless

>she feels worse. The doctor also took her off work for the time being.

>Does anyone out there get social security for this disease, because like

>I said she is so bad right now she can't do hardly anything. I know her

>boyfriend is helping her even bath. If there is any information that you

>all could give me that would be great. Thank you!~

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