Hey Margie,....i don't think Dr. Sears was saying the silent inflammation was a disease, but was caused by an underlying production of arachidonic acid. Did...
Hi all -- I'm having a lot more knee pain due to the lipoma near it. Am wondering whether any of you have a lipoma near your knee. I had surgery in late...
Judi,...how wonderful that your dentist was nice enough to call you and apologize. You never know who will be interested in DD, and know someone, who knows...
Hi Dora -- I have a question for you. I went to a meeting recently for chemically sensitive folks. The speaker spoke about Lyme disease, which he has. I asked...
Hmm, I'm not much of a poet, but I like writing stories! :-) Why do you ask? WOW! 12 days is a long time in bed. Thank goodness your back isn't causing you any...
Hi Robin,...I agree, I think there could be many things that might cause lipomas. Read the article I sent about Dr. Sears and his findings about arachidonic...
He was only testing my IGF and insulin with the labs (which I had drawn yesterday morning early)and I started the met last night. I have elected to start...
Sorry folks, but I have to agree with Dora and Kay here. There is no proof of any connection between Lyme and DD. Margie herself has admitted that she never...
Dear Margie,..I'm still not clear about how you can have Lyme's without the bulls eye rash? Everything I read about it says that's one of the symptoms. So, if...
Hi, I haven't researched this at all - but from my nursing studies I seem to remember they used to use cadavre brain cells - or perhaps placenta/still-borns...
Hi Judi Well done - It really needed to be done and - like you - I get so angry with people who are flippant with us........ Cynthia ... you and ... someone, ...
Hi Robin, I just wanted to add that like many people on here I have been tested for Lyme - and 120 other types of parasites and everything came back negative....
Hi Jackie.... I know you asked Margie, but from my own perspective as a diagnosed DD sufferer, let me respectfully speak to this issue. That bull's eye rash...
I am new to this forum, but wanted to share my experiences in relationship to other disorders and DD. My daughter has been diagnosed with DD. She is 21 and...
Hi Robin, I have a number of lipomas around my knees--both above and below. One is about the size of a grape, and just below my right kneecap. The ortho...
Hello Anne, I am sorry to hear that your daughter is afflicted with this dreadful disease which we share with her. In your quest to find out what is wrong I...
Dear Cynthia, Yes, we are fortunate to have found a doctor who became fascinated with my daughter's strange symptoms. He took the 'bull by the horn', did the...
Greetings! Eli Lilly produces Humatrope, their complete version of human somatotropin through a procedure called Recombinant DNA technology. It is the same...
Hi Anne I am very surprised to learn about a new Dercum's site that at least I myself did not know about. I am sorry to learn that your young daughter suffers...
this would be interesting!! I remember my surgeon saying that my "fat" was
like no other he has worked with. "Very ropey," he said. I am a bit quiet at the...
Thx, Judith -- this is a good list of symptoms. I actually match the slow onset ones -- and I did have a tick bite with a red bull's eye around it before the...
Impressive list of tests! Whew! Good luck with your treatment attempts. I agree -- might as well check out anything we want to check, if we can. -- Robin...
Hi Judy -- Do you happen to know if your knee lipomas are capsulated or unencapsulated? (Unencapped will not show in tests; encapped have a chance to show. ...
Anne: just curious -- have you looked at the www.lipomaforum.com site? There's a large discussion about liposuction, I think in the treatments and cures ...
This morning I had my first appointment with the dermatologist. I feel rather encouraged by the sheer fact that he is interested and appears to know something...
Hi Hanneke, Levido Reticularis was one of my presenting symptoms that proved very interesting to all the dermatologists at Grand Rounds :) I was trying to...
Hi Robin, They are most likely encapsulated, as most of those removed have been, plus they FEEL like they are. There is a definite, discrete shape and size to...
Dear Hanneke, It does sound like you are on the right path! Finding a physician willing to work with you is a huge accomplishment. It was a dermatologist...
Dear Dorritt, I will ask my daughter about naming the other doctors. I know that some are connected with the military or other federal hospitals. Their names...
Hi there, I am pleased to see that you have found a doctor who is at least interested and willing to admit he doesn't know what to do! Gee that is so hard for...
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