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May 20, 2002

We'll miss you.

Sharon

--- Jannewilms42@... wrote:

> I just want yall to know i may not be on for a few

> days..Got some problems I

> need to take care of..Everything is ok though..I'll

> be thingking of all of

> you..After today it'll be probably Saturday before

> I'm back on..Keep things

> going in here..

>

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May 20, 2002

Hi Teri,

Thanks for the reply. I called a rheumatologist's office in my group

today--guess what? One of them is not taking anymore patients and the one

that is has a 2 month waiting list! I'm on the waiting list. I don't need a

referral with my insurance, but I have to stay in the network and they are

the only two in my area that I can go to. Don't need to take any tests with

me either. In the mean time, I'm going to try and get in to see my gp

tomorrow asap, she wasn't in today. I pray that she can see me because I

can't take this pain anymore. If my foot gets numb again tonight--I'm going

to the hospital!

Thanks for the help,

dee

May 20, 2002

Thanks to you too Meghan!

dee

May 21, 2002

dee,

I agree with Meghan. Get to a rhuemy ASAP by referral. They don't need test

results. In fact, most of them want to do the tests themselves. I had two MRI's,

a bone scan, x-rays, blood work, etc... Good luck to you.

kweezon@... wrote: Hi, I'm new to the group. I'v had P since 1993--scalp,

limbs, ears, two

fingernails, one toe nail and occasional patches in other places throughout

my body. I've been on all the creams and ointments, Dovonex, Utravate,

Temovate, Tazorac,etc,. I get some clearing of the skin, but it never

completely goes away. I always seem to have a patch of it somewhere. I was

diagnosed in 2000, by my gp with spondylitis. She told me that most people my

age get this condition (I'm 45). She didn't give me anything for it--I don't

think she made the connection between the nails, the P and the

spondylitis--neither did I. As a matter of fact, when I showed her my nails,

she told me that I probably bumped them and didn't remember doing it. Since

then, I have had many more joints that are very painful--hips, knees,

shoulders and one finger. I can barely walk sometimes because the pain is so

excruciating. I haven't seen my dermatologist since earlier this year when I

mentioned all of this to him and I haven't complained to my gp about it

either since she doesn't seem to have a clue. The dermatologist told me that

I have PA and that he was going to send me to a rheumatologist--he never did.

In November of last year, the back of my heel hurt so bad that I went to a

podiatrist thinking I had a foot problem. Turns out is is achilles

tendonitis. Again, the podiatrist made no connection. She put me on Relafen

for it, gave me some shoe inserts and told me to go buy myself a pair of New

Balance sneakers.( I had to stop the Relafen because it was tearing up my

stomach) I got some relief for a time, but it started acting up again within

the past few weeks. I have no idea which doctor I should see about this

ongoing pain. The dermie? My gp? An orthopaedist? I've been trying to take

care of this on my own for months--with no sucess. I've tried ibuprophen,

Tylenol Arthritis, Mineral Ice, Capsaicin, Deep Heat, Icy Hot, hot baths,

heating pads--you name it, I 've tried it. I do not know what to do. I want

to go to a rheumatologist asap, but I have no test results to take with me. I

have one x-ray from 98 and that's it. I can't take much more of this

horrendous pain! Most of my joints large joints are killing me! Will a rheumy

see me without my having to take some kind of test results with me? Any

advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

dee

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May 21, 2002

dee,

Get on that waiting list!!!! 2 months is better than never.

Teri

kweezon@... wrote: Hi Teri,