Re: in KY

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:I grew up in Louisville and now live in Southern Indiana. Are you in Louisville? I hope that you are getting adequate treatment and that its working for you. I just joined this list last week and its been good so far. Welcome from a fellow Kentuckian!(GO CARDS!), adult onset RA, mom to Rob, 16, Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:29:43 -0800 (PST) john stratton <kentuckycowboy2@...> writes:

Hi Ila , I'm I'm from Ky. I've been involed with cars my whole life and had to give them up in Augest of 05 because of the pain of this crapy diease and some others allso I'm 41 yrs old and worked wit ford linclon mercury most of my career and worked on many of the officeers crusers LOL . but that time has passed now and just memories I guess but anytime you wanta write feel free here or kentuckycowboy2@... either one or catch me at kentuckycowboy2 on messanger on friendster hi5 or 360 I try to feel my free time during the winter hope things go better for you , anyway it was my moms side of the family thats all twisted and crippled with it catch you later johnIla <sewcraftyme@...> wrote:

HiMy name is Ila and I live in Maine with my husband Mike (who is on kidney dialysis) and my 12 year old daughter Ilana. I also have a son who is 32. I am 47 years old. I am originally from KY and was in the Navy for 2 years in CA before coming to ME in 1982.I was diagnosed with arthritis when I was around 25. Since then I have been diagnosed with bursitis, carpal tunnel, endometriosis, seizure disorders, irritable bowel, and a myriad of other things including Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Degenerative Joint Disease and 2 days before this past Christmas (05) my PCP/DO told me that I have non RH positive Rheumatoid Arthritis which was not a surprise to me.I come from a family (on my father's side) that lived to be well into their 90's and they were all twisted and wasted up with this disease and from the pain I have been going through the past 3 or 4 years I knew I had it even though the blood tests came back negative for it. Right now I am on Percocet 3 times a day and Sulfasalazine 500 mg 2 times a day (that might be a generic name) as we are just starting to try treating this.I also have PTSD x 4 as well as some anxiety issues from abuse from my parents and former husband and am pretty much a homebody. Depression was never an issue for me until 1995 when the doctors made me quit work because my pain was so bad I could no longer focus on my job and do it properly. I was in law enforcement. I began as a road officer and when the arthritis became too painful that I felt I wasn't reliable enough to be safe backup for my fellow officers I took myself off the street and went into dispatching where I worked as long as I could. One day because I was trying so hard to deal with my pain I forget to send a rescue to a auto accident and the doctors and I knew it was time for me to leave before I got someone seriously hurt. That was the hardest thing I have ever had to do and I still to this day agonize over it.I enjoy sewing of all types except for making clothes. I quilt for charity and family. I embroider, cross stitch and bead, I do redwork and just about anything you can think of with a needle and thread. I also have a embroidery machine, a sewing machine and a serger and when the depression loosens its grip on me I enjoy using them to make things for people.I also love to read anything but mushy Harlequin romance novels. I prefer King, and law enforcement books, forensic books and, well I will read just about anything. I am like that robot in the movie Short Circuit who is always in quest of knowledge.I am hoping that when my daughter is 18 and old enough to go off to college that somehow I will find the funding to become a forensic psychologist which is where my interest has been even before the movie Silence of the Lambs. I am looking to chat with others who are dealing with this disease, who like me are scared but who are not going to let it rule their lives as long as that is possible. I would like to discuss hobbies and books, pets or whatever.I have 8 birds, a white capped Pionus who is Hunter, a cockatiel, Yugi and 5 parakeets: Roland, CB, Coffee, Cream, Sugar, and a Peach Faced Lovebird Priscilla. They greatly brighten my day with their antics and their love.Ila in Maine mailto:sewcraftyme@...

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Hello , No I'm in eastern Ky between Pikeville & Prestonsburg but I spent a many of days in the Ford techcial training center in Louisville before they closed it and in cinni Ohio thats where I worked on my masters but that was before I had to give it up I was with in one automatic tranmission class of haveing my senior masters title but still done those and everthing inbetween till I could no longer stand or tollerrate the pain it caused me I suffered throught it since 99 just getting worse and was dxed in April 04 and made it untill Augest 05 and just had to stop in full shame ( I have a great Drs I can still see my Rhemy but had to give up my Remicaid after leaveing work and it helped some . john snooksmama@... wrote: :I grew up in Louisville and now live in Southern Indiana. Are you in Louisville? I hope that you are

getting adequate treatment and that its working for you. I just joined this list last week and its been good so far. Welcome from a fellow Kentuckian!(GO CARDS!), adult onset RA, mom to Rob, 16, Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:29:43 -0800 (PST) john stratton <kentuckycowboy2@...> writes:

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