HI RUTH, I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS SURVEY AS I AM NOT PRESENTLY ON METHOTREXATE. HAD SURGERY AND HAVE BEEN OFF OF IT FOR SIX MONTHS AS I HAD OPEN WOUNDS....
Hi all. I was diagnosed last year, and have been doing ok till about a month ago. One day I got very stiff and painful all over, was put on steroids for a...
HI CATHY, I HAVE NEVER HEARD PA DESCRIBED SO WELL. I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN YOU SAID WHERE IS WALDO. YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB. HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH THE PAIN? I WAS...
HI CATHY, I HAVE NEVER HEARD PA DESCRIBED SO WELL. I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN YOU SAID WHERE IS WALDO. YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB. HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH THE PAIN? I WAS...
Here is another situation which I am experiencing. I have never been dx with PA. I was hit by a car doing 50 miles an hour while I was seated on a bench and...
VIVIAN, JUST BECAUSE THE EMBREL PEOPLE SAY DIARHEA DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH EMBREL USERS, DOES NOT MEAN MUCH. ANY MED, AS YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE DIARHEA. ALSO, WITH...
thank you Shirley for your welcome. I had uveitis (sp?) last month for almost two weeks. My left eye was bright red and felt heavy and swollen. My eye doc...
Miracle of miracles I have been seen by the consultant! I kicked up a big stink, threatening with the media etc and it seemed to work as I had a letter saying...
Welcome Lorena I am new here too (joined yesterday) I am 49 years old, but was just diagnosed last year. Now when I think back I have had vague symptoms of...
Can you give a link for the international Psoriasis site? _____ From: Shirley Duval [mailto:shenry_123@...] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:06 AM To:...
My PA affects me the most in my Achilles tendons. I've yet to find a doctor that can tell me what to do about it. I take Metho but it doesn't help my heels....
CHRISTINE, THERE ARE SOME PLACES NO MED CAN HELP. MY KNEES FOR EXAMPLE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH MTX I TOOK AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH OXYCONTIN I TOOK, IT DID NOT...
Hi everyone. Let me also welcome those who are new to the group. It is not always active, but a nice place to come when you are in pain: physical or mental. I...
Hi cathy... thanx 4 writing back...wow..so u just got diagonosed last year?? :( sorry...does anyone else in ur familiy have it?? ive heard that PA is...
hi andrew...thanx 4 the welcome. words cant express what it means 4 me 2 be able to write with someone about what im going through...:) Its weird that for the...
This morning, I woke up thinking of the many members on this list, wondering how you are all doing, and was hoping that many of you were having a "good" day. ...
Hi All my name is Jenn, and I am a 25yr old wife/mother located in Schenectady, NY. I have had psoriacis since I was around 10yrs old, and was recently...
Hi Jenn, Sorry you are not having a great time. I am a new member too. I am in Dundas, Ontario. I have been on Enbrel, on and off, since Oct. 2004. I found...
Thank you for the welcome Penny. I have the scaley patches and so forth, the constant itching, I wake up in the morning bleedng in different parts of my body,...
Hi Jenn: I find the "child" issue to be one of the hardest. It is one thing to suffer yourself, but to imagine that this disease is something that could be...
hi jen, i was diagnosed with psoratic arthritis about eight years go. I felt really awful at the time as both my knees and ankles were swollen all the time and...
hey...how are u?? sorry u got diagnosed w/ PA but atleast now u know what it is, right?? hope ur injections are going well...how are u feeling?? hope ur a...
I agree with you, Jenn, about the steroids. Before I was diagnosed with PA I had temporal arteritis. It is part of the autoammuine diseases. I had a bad...
Good Afternoon to All, I was wondering if perhaps one or more of you could give me some advice. I have the most adorable husband in the world who happens to ...
Hello. I just joined this group today and I am a 74-year old woman who has had PA badly since 1997 although I have had it on and off since my forties. Nobody...
Has anyone tried Cayenne pepper? I just started using this stuff on my food and the arthritis in my back has left me. Also my skin is slowly clearing up. ...
Cayenne pepper was thought of as one of the most powerful herbs 100 years ago. Cayenne pepper, by itself, stops internal and external bleeding. It can also...