Re: Happy New Year - Marina

[Guest guest]

Happy news about your knee's " articular surface " ! Small blessings. Your

surgeon sounds

great ( " pre-yelling " for overdoing). It IS easy to forget how bad things were

before meds.

I had no idea how much Plaquanil was helping me until I had to stop it to get

pregnant.

I'm sure it's frustrating for you and your doc to not know for sure what caused

the lesions

to improve. But it does sound as though you have a gut feeling about it.

Drinking water

can never be a bad thing. Yesterday I went easy on it because it hurt so much

everytime I

had to try to get into the bathroom (walking, knee bending up and down).

Cranberry juice

is terrific too. The phlebitis SUCKS for you! My husband is like a little boy

about getting

stuck. His arms are very muscular and it takes forever to find a vein. I can

only imagine

how tired you are of being sick and tired. Hang in there, keep your chin up and

all that.

Seriously. I'll be thinking about you.

wendy