Hello, I'm back..........., a, and the old timers here.....

[Guest guest]

Hello

I am . I was a member of this group for a few years. I took 2004 off. My

mom went into the hospital in March and never came out. She died on June 7

after having both of her legs cut off. It was a bad year. I have multiple

chronic illnesses from the Gulf war in 1991. I have rheumatoid

arthritis(severe), first diagnosed as lupus, fibromyalgia, degenerating

discs, ulcerative colitis from Gulf war, hypertension, neurogenic bladder,

anxiety, diabetes 2( from prednisone in 2000), Gerd, heck , you name it , i

have it. I enrolled in college to get out of the house.

I take arava and plaquenil but it doesnt do anything. I take hydrocodone

7.5/650 every 4 hours. i have severe pain and joint stiffness all day. The

VA rheumatologist only sees you every 6 months and i see him tuesday

finally. it was cruel to go so long without seeing a rheumatologist. i look

forward to chatting with the people from before and meeting all the new

people here.

in Orlando

A

Persian Gulf vet-USAF , proud to serve

America is no 1 thanks to its veterans!