greeting to Carol

[Guest guest]

I tried to e-mail Carol, no success. I do not know much about this. It

came up an error

because of it being in Canada? Well, I appreciated her story. I wrote to her

about the fact

that I had RA and had tried several medications. At present, I keep getting

infections. I have

been on Plaguenil, Azulfidine and unsuccessful. I had started on AP with the

orthopedic M.D.

however, changed to an additional doctor Rheumatologist and Ap she discouraged.

I had been

on Doxycycline for a short time 100 mg 2 x day. I am presently on presidone 10

mg a day; that

is all. I am due back to the Dr. since I stopped taking plaguenil. I get

repeated severe sore throats

with congestion, wheezing. I have had asthmatic symptoms off and on since I was

a teenager and

the medications are getting my resistance down to very low. I am a children's

therapist and of

course I am around colds, etc. and I have had four episodes of upper respiratory

infections, sore

throats, bronchial asthma, etc since Dec. 4 1998. When I take AP (doxycycline) I

noticed I had

a tendency to swell ankles, etc.?? My left index finger has never been down to

normal in size

because of swelling/inflammation; it is twice as large as the other index finger

.. Could this be

putting me into infection all the time. I am currently on a Z-pak

(Azithromycin) for infection of

throat, etc. I feel like the best thing is for me to return to my orthopedic

who wanted to try

AP. My GP just thought it would be better to change to rheumatologist, but now

I am not so sure

after all. I am tired of getting over these repeated infections? Thanks for

listening. Martha from

St. Augustine, Fl. Someone mentioned before my changing to Mayo Clinic in

ville(nearby)?