Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Ann, yeah for no meds for Stills but I know that doesn't mean free of everything. I'm not sure what you mean by the other but hope it too will turn out ok. Have a nice evening, Pattymelt ----- Original Message ----- > I saw my Rheumy today and he agreed that I don't need to take any meds for > the Stills right now. He was concerned about an elevation in my blood > calcium and in my BUN. > Ann K > > LI NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Ann, yeah for no meds for Stills but I know that doesn't mean free of everything. I'm not sure what you mean by the other but hope it too will turn out ok. Have a nice evening, Pattymelt ----- Original Message ----- > I saw my Rheumy today and he agreed that I don't need to take any meds for > the Stills right now. He was concerned about an elevation in my blood > calcium and in my BUN. > Ann K > > LI NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I had a rheumy apt today... he found remarkable swelling in my right wrist and hand (which sorta makes me nervous cuz I haven't really hand any problems yet with my hands) swelling in the vertabrae of my neck and swelling in both elbows. He gave me a referral to a neurologist for the palsy I have in my left hand. We discussed how I am doing on the MTX.. and honestly no matter what we've tried so far I haven't really seen any improvement. So after much debate we compromised and I will be stopping the MTX, folic acid, and Arava... and I will be starting weekly injections of Enbrel. He also gave me the pneumonia vaccine, a TB test and checked my blood levels.... no xrays have shown any erosion which makes this a difficult thing to prove to the disability board, but my rheumy says, just cuz he can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. After he sees you in the examination room... he has you come into his office so he can dictate for your chart and you can listen in, in case he leaves something out or you think of something else... He was speaking into his recorder and he said " Patient is extremely fatigued and seems to experience chronic malaise. " he clicked off the machine and looked at me and said... " I know I didn't ask if this was true, but you look like crap, so I'm thinking I'm right. " I nodded and thought to myself it was probably one of the first times in the last 3 years, somebody got it and I didn't feel like an idiot for saying how tired I was. So now, I wait for my insurance to ok the Enbrel and see him again in 6 weeks and the neurologist next month. I hope everyone is having a warm and pain-free day. God bless. kerri sue __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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