Re: HI everybody/AMY G

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Amy:

First of all, so very glad that you had a wonderful vacation. It sounds

like it did you good!

Second of all, just because your labs are all ok does not mean that you

don't have arthritis. Having dealt with this for 3 years with my son, and

with myself and my mother, I know that one marker, the rheumatoid factor,

does not have to be positive for you to have RA. In my case, it was

negative, yet I clearly have RA> My sed rate is always normal, yet, the

clinical signs are there. I don't mean to be a busy body, but if this was

told to you by a GP or neph, I would suggest that you get an appt with a

rheumatologist, who will do a thorough joint exam and give you an opinion

on what is causing you to have such severe pain. I wouldn't attribute it

to the pred just yet (though that might turn out to be the case) until a

rheumatologist confirms it. If the cause is other than the pred, it would

be nice to be able to treat it without having to just suffer with it.

Ok, off my soapbox for now!

, mom to Rob, 15

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:07:04 -0000 " Amy Griswold "

writes:

I'm back from vacation! What a awesome trip...anytime we can make my

father in law smile like a Cheshire Cat for 3 days straight is a good

vacation... (we surprised him with a 19 " flat screen monitor and

wireless keyboard and mouse set). I've been trying to catch up with

posts and made it thru a few hundred but have to give up for the

night. I have to wake up early to get in my 14th workout at

Curves..one more Friday and I'll have made my goal of 15 workouts in

a month which makes me a Member of the Month! ) I went twice

while on vacation in AZ.

Welcome to all the new members, I'm sorry you all have reason to be

with us but very happy you found us. This is a wonderful place to

find the answers you are looking for.

I got my labs back for my arthritis testing...everything was in

NORMAL ranges, *whew*. They'll recheck the labs in a year just to

confirm the normal readings. Now it would be nice to find a reason

why my feet and ankles hurt so darn much...ya I know...it's the

prednisone. ;oP

The only thing that showed up nasty on my labs was my

cholesterol. A few months back total cholesterol was 188, this set

of labs it's up to 250. Has anyone else had a jump like this in such

a short period of time? My triglycerides were only slightly elevated

and both my HDL and LDL were high (so they balance each other out).

My GP didn't check my creatinine level (or the lab screwed up the

tests they were running) so I don't know if that has changed. They

aren't going to do anything about my cholesterol until I have my 24hr

urine and another cholesterol test done next month so we'll see where

we go from here. Any ideas about the rapid rise in the numbers?

I'll catch up with the rest of the posts over the next few days. I

hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season and wishing you all a

Very Happy New Year!

Amy G.

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