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sciqueen

Active RA!!!

Posted by sciqueen
13 Mar 2013

Hi

Haven't blogged for a while, mainly due to not being well & quite frankly I've been suffering from depression on & off when I'm sick mainly. Up shot is my biological CIMZIA is not working as well & I'm still vit D deficient, so I have been ...

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allanah

Sounds daft but how do you know when the treatment is working!

Posted by allanah Volunteer
4 Jan 2012

Hi all, I know this sounds weird but I have just been diagnosed in March and have had so far Methotrexate, Sulphasalazine then Remicade and now Enbrel plus sulasine and due to go onto as well methotexate injections again. I was so ill the week before christmas that I had to go to the Rheumy in ...

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LavendarLady

Physioterrorist

Posted by LavendarLady Volunteer
8 Dec 2011

3rd session with the physio today. As I had had my sub clavicle something or other injected on the 18th November, she really put me through it. Shoulder was really painful afterwards but has settled down as the day has worn on. I have also got a resistance band to use - bright yellow - Berry ...

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LavendarLady

News from the Castle

Posted by LavendarLady Volunteer
25 Nov 2011

Well, as you all know, our VIP visit on Tuesday went off very well and we all pushed off to a dinner in the Town Hall in the evening. Jaw and shoulder blade are fine now (until the next time) and apart from odd twinges in my fingers, the RA seems to have settled again, although my knees are ...

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Ella32

I am congratulating my body!!!

Posted by Ella32 Volunteer
17 Nov 2011

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I just had my blood test results back for this month and my CRP was only 31!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooo pleased, last month it was 88 and i was fearing that my Anti TNF (Enbrel) was stopping working. If i'm honest i hadn't been ...

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Marnie87

Where's my miracle??

Posted by Marnie87
2 Nov 2011

6 weeks ago today I left hospital after 9 days on the ward.

I couldn't stay anymore as there was no more they could do for me and my mum agreed to administer all the drugs and nurse me.

As some of you know I haven't been on here in a while as I have and ...

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caroline777

The Return from La la Land!!

Posted by caroline777
1 Oct 2011

Haven't written anything on the site for weeks although I have continued to read various comments and blogs.
I went to our Occupational Health Department at work and it turned out to be a bit of a catalyst for an outpouring of grief that I think had been brewing for some time. ...