The following Dercums_Disease poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: 2. Did you have Lipomas before or after taking steroids? CHOICES...
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Hi everyone,......I was told tonight that when some one has a Vit. D deficiency there are no symptoms, and all the information I read about it on the Internet...
Hi I know that two Doctors (one a Neurologist and the other is a Dermatologist, both woman) at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire are ...
Hi everybody, I am brand new to this site, and so happy I found it. You have all posted some useful, interesting, and inciting information. I live in Ohio...
... Certainly. And path reports in such instances are a pretty quick and easy read. Heck, with the advent of Epic and other such products, doctors can...
My initial pathology reports all said that I had - drum roll please - "Lipoma" or "angiolipoma". I don't think that just relying on the path reports from here...
If you look at the pathology reports that have been posted on here, there's enough difference to throw a big, fat wrench into the 100% theory. Then again, as I...
Hi Crystal. Regarding the abnormality of adipocytes (cells that make up adipose tissue) and the fact they are much larger. I have to say it is 100% correct...
Very interesting. Given that I've been the first to diagnose most of the weird stuff going on in my body, precisely because I'm pretty well in tuned with it,...
... That's not 100% either, given that the changes in the fat themselves have many different variances. ... That's a little like saying cancer has all the same...
All, I will be out of touch for a while as i am relocating to Atlanta GA. Once i get settled and internet back i will send you all a post. Take care, count...
Hi Jodith Many here feel that steroids were the trigger for their DD, including me. My sister had a series of epidurals for her spinal stenosis just before...
Hi Crystal, yes I did have some deficiencies and these were looked at by a CFS specialist, it was him who basically got me in the habit of creating an ...
I agree Will, The only 100% common behaviour of Dercums that I am aware of is the cellular change of the adipose cells. While a lot of us mention the heat...
Thanks Barbara. I think that a bunch of us out there "advertising" ourselves might really help raise awareness. At least for the community around us My wife...
I also contact Jennifer to see if we could put all the shirts together and she told me to open my own, she did not want me to be involved with hers.. I...
they are make differnt colours for the guys... and having Dercums research on them.. I will let you know when they are availiable... Will I Am <waksmf@...>...
I am taking so many! Little fuzzy today, but will try. Glutamine, since my blood showed amamzing low levels. B12, again, since blood levels were low. D3,...
My blood tests, as interpreted by the Rheumy, showed no signs of inflammation, though the biopsies showed eosinophils, and he could not understand the...
RipTide: Not very good at this. Can't see the email below. But mine above is visible. I would be happy to chat about GA doctors. Caryn ... weekend and I ... ...
Hi Jodith, Steroids really increase tumor growth in me. I was put on Prednisone twice in a four month span and gained about 80 new tumors. I would not do it...
Jodith, Howdy! I have never had an epidural, and as already noted, it works for some and not for others. I know that the steroid/DD link is well documented...
Hello Jodith, i have had several epidurals done. they didn't relieve any of the pain. i can't say the pain was any worse, it just wasn't any better. the docs...
jodith here i had gas bypass and mine did not go away ive gotten worse actually jodith ... From: wee5peeps@... To: Dercums_Disease@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello all i have to go have an epoduro in my spine it does have staroid in it does steroid make it worse for the dd?sorry for the spelling i hope you can read...
Howdy all, I'm just tossing my bit in here on the shirts, etc. I thought that Jennifer did a nice job on the logos, as shown in the photo section of the...
Crystal, what strength Vit. D are you taking, and how often? Did your Dr. prescribe it for you? Mine did for me, but I haven't started it yet. I don't get out...