RA and Fibromyalgia

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In a message dated 3/3/2006 1:24:01 AM Central Standard Time,

melissahancock@... writes:

If this e-mail doesnt make perfect sense, please remember I am on owerful

pain medication. LOL Thanks in advance for your help. Very gentle hugs

Dear ,

Gentle hugs to you sweeite. Glad you are finally getting some help that you

need. I have medicaid also and it is very hard to see a specialist.Referals

and crap. Really wanting to change my doc but there isnt one that will take

me in a 30 mile area without a referral. Grrr. Ok enough about me. Fibro

worries? you're not the only one. Some days i wonder if its all from RA, or if

there is something else they havent found yet. Honey, trust me you are not a

pest or a bother. We all understand what you are going thru and are here to

listen. Vent away anytime you need to or able to. HUGS take care

from PA

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Hi to everyone in this group! I am Felicia, I am not suffering from

any of these horrible conditions. BUt two people in my life are. My

father was in his late 20s when he started feeling it, it... RA. He

is now 40 and he is alomist " cripple " . He can barely walk, and he

pushes through each day, because he has no choice. He recently walked

me down the aisle and the whole time I felt horrible because it was

alot on him.

The second person is my mother-in-law, she has fibromyalgia and she

has been suffering for 7 years now. Her doctors have done little to

help her. They continuously put her on pain pills, and they stop

working after a while.

My whole point of this is to find ways that people have been helped in

these two areas. I would like to know if anyone has any remedies that

work or treatments... I am saddened every day I watch my father and

mother-in-law go through the day in pain!

Fee

[Guest guest]

Fee, what kind of medication is your father on? Does he go to a

rheumatologist? Has he tried one of the new biologic medications, such

as Enbrel or Humira? I have had RA for almost seven years, but I'm

doing very well on Enbrel. I have very little pain, thank goodness, and

can walk with no difficulty.

Sue

On Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at 08:20 PM, Felicia wrote:

> Hi to everyone in this group! I am Felicia, I am not suffering from

> any of these horrible conditions. BUt two people in my life are. My

> father was in his late 20s when he started feeling it, it... RA. He

> is now 40 and he is alomist " cripple " . He can barely walk, and he

> pushes through each day, because he has no choice. He recently walked

> me down the aisle and the whole time I felt horrible because it was

> alot on him.