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Methotrexate dose varying

Late last year, I visited the Professor and gave her my list of how I was, she was thrilled skinny with my blood results and annouced, I was all normal again,...

Late last year, I visited the Professor and gave her my list of how I was, she w...

Gina_K

•13 years ago

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My Living Rheum :)

How do I write a 23 year history in a blogl! Hmm ... that is a difficult one! Each event with RA could be turned into a novel. So where to start ... grab a...

How do I write a 23 year history in a blogl! Hmm ... that is a difficult one! Ea...

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•13 years ago

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Hello there!! Introduction to me, my very first blog.

Hi my name is Julie, this is my first blog. I am not brill at spelling as you are about to see but I will try my best. I was diagnosed in January 2010 with...

Hi my name is Julie, this is my first blog. I am not brill at spelling as you ar...

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•13 years ago

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Lappie returns

No it's not a misspelling for Lassie. It is lappie the lap top. It had to go away for ..erm repair, because some clumsy twit splashed it with apple juice!...

No it's not a misspelling for Lassie. It is lappie the lap top. It had to go a...

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•13 years ago

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Quick question...

Saw my Rheumy this week and she's suggested an increase in mtx to try to prevent any more flares and to start on Celebrex to help with the excruciating pain in...

Saw my Rheumy this week and she's suggested an increase in mtx to try to prevent...

emandedmum

•13 years ago

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I’ve got to learn how to say no!

Many of you will be aware that it is NRAS’ 10th birthday this year and that we have lots going on to celebrate. Tea for 10 is a brilliant way of celebrating...

Many of you will be aware that it is NRAS’ 10th birthday this year and that we h...

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•13 years ago

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Good for the sole.....

Up until about a month ago I possesed 110 pairs of shoes (post spring clean its about 102!), now this I admit is excessive but my reasoning had always been I...

Up until about a month ago I possesed 110 pairs of shoes (post spring clean its ...

ClareBeth

•13 years ago

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In Septemeber I'll be a free woman, well between 9am and 3pm anyway....what will I do with all my spare time? Go back to work...?

This is a question I get asked a fair bit these days. As the months go by and my son gets nearer and nearer starting 'big school' I get told I won't know what...

This is a question I get asked a fair bit these days. As the months go by and my...

emandedmum

•13 years ago

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Mri s etc.

Hi, Did anyone know that an MRI on your wrist takes 35 minutes (the small bone scanning takes longer). Listening to classical music on a Saturday afternoon in...

Hi, Did anyone know that an MRI on your wrist takes 35 minutes (the small bone ...

Gina_K

•13 years ago

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The early morning train

This morning the train was early. It was about 4am I woke.. lay there. throat on fire. Then it hit me, the train. It was my hip. My right hip. I must...

This morning the train was early. It was about 4am I woke.. lay there. throa...

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•13 years ago

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Glass Half Full

I am not Pollyanna Sunshine. Not at ALL. If you know me, you know that I am irreverent, often snotty, sometimes just plain mean, usually annoyed, impatient,...

I am not Pollyanna Sunshine. Not at ALL. If you know me, you know that I am irre...

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•13 years ago

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Crossing the Line

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Week One, Day One. Today I took my first methotrexate pill. (Why do they make the pills so small when most of...

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Week One, Day One. Today I took m...

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•13 years ago

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Friday Night Bliss!

I Thought I would just share the fact that I had a good day, I think it is because I am taking diclac again, and over my orthotics I put some gel insoles. I...

I Thought I would just share the fact that I had a good day, I think it is becau...

Gina_K

•13 years ago

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Hippy shake

I had both hips replaced at 26,6 months apart. At nearly 2,and 1and a half, these 'babies' were A hard but brilliant decision to make. Like any operations I...

I had both hips replaced at 26,6 months apart. At nearly 2,and 1and a half, thes...

Keek

•13 years ago

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Kitchen Gadgets

I was wondering if anyone had any kitchen gadgets they use that they could pass on the details as I need a new can opener and can't use the normal ones so any...

I was wondering if anyone had any kitchen gadgets they use that they could pass ...

nicki18

•13 years ago

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Easter is Approaching!

My last blog was in November, and I remember wishing you all, albeit an early, but very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Well that seems to be a distant...

My last blog was in November, and I remember wishing you all, albeit an early, b...

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•13 years ago

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Pain in the rain!

Another wet day in the Emerald Isle, another trudge to work, mouse wrist aching all day despite steroid injection on Tuesday. Worry worry worry! its eating my...

Another wet day in the Emerald Isle, another trudge to work, mouse wrist aching...

Gina_K

•13 years ago

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I thought I was too young to get arthritis in my 30's...

Before being diagnosed with RA I knew very little about the disease. Actually if I admit it, I knew nothing. Like most people I assumed it mainly affected...

Before being diagnosed with RA I knew very little about the disease. Actually if...

emandedmum

•13 years ago

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We need your help to identify changes in your rheumatology service

Hi, I'm Ailsa, CEO of NRAS, and I have just come back from the Royal College of Nursing Rheumatology Nurse Annual conference. With the current economic...

Hi, I'm Ailsa, CEO of NRAS, and I have just come back from the Royal College of...

Ailsa-NRAS

Partner•13 years ago

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Fresh as a daisy

You’ve probably noticed that your site looks a bit different. We’ve been working on the new design for a couple of months based on feedback we’ve been getting...

You’ve probably noticed that your site looks a bit different. We’ve been working...

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•13 years ago

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What day is it?

I was just about to depart for the chicken house and the last thing I do is take all my tablets for the morning. Then I remembered its not Tuesday any more...

I was just about to depart for the chicken house and the last thing I do is take...

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•13 years ago

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Brave? I wish!

After the horrendous weekend I've had a visit to my GP cheered me up. I think. "You are an inspiration." Me? "A very brave lady." Huh? "I have a lot of...

After the horrendous weekend I've had a visit to my GP cheered me up. I think. ...

Catwoman66

•13 years ago

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A Flare Up

A Flare Up – would that be similar to a fry up? No, it just feels like it! Each of us will be very used to the aches and pains, the hot, burning joints and...

A Flare Up – would that be similar to a fry up? No, it just feels like it! Eac...

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•13 years ago

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I am the one and only

I like Chesney Hawkes about as much as I like having my teeth removed by squirrel monkeys with a head full of LSD but it's an apt title. I'm not around lately...

I like Chesney Hawkes about as much as I like having my teeth removed by squirre...

Catwoman66

•13 years ago

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some good news ...

I got my Blue Badge on Thursday. After six months, one appeal, a telephone call and a couple of emails my application was miraculously granted after I...

I got my Blue Badge on Thursday. After six months, one appeal, a telephone call...

Catwoman66

•13 years ago

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Normal

I had a moment this morning. A moment of pure, peaceful perfection. After months of being awake half the night with an infant, awake the other half the night...

I had a moment this morning. A moment of pure, peaceful perfection. After month...

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•13 years ago

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Where do these people get off?

I was having a bad day today, jittery joints and a bent up back. I had arranged to meet friends in town for coffee..determined to go I figured I could drive my...

I was having a bad day today, jittery joints and a bent up back. I had arranged ...

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•13 years ago

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Who am I?

In September 2010 I had no choice but to retire from my job in Sheltered Housing, because Rheumatoid Arthritis made it too difficult to carry on. In many...

In September 2010 I had no choice but to retire from my job in Sheltered Housing...

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•13 years ago

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Time really does fly!

February seems to be a month for taking stock. Many people will break their new years’ resolutions in February, and tidy away their fitness gear. We start to...

February seems to be a month for taking stock. Many people will break their new ...

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•13 years ago

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Gosh, I’m shattered, I am completely done in.

Over the last few months my youngest has been plagued by illness. He just gets over the flu and gets chicken pox with a chest infection. He recovers from that...

Over the last few months my youngest has been plagued by illness. He just gets o...

emandedmum

•13 years ago

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Posts - NRAS | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for February 2011

Methotrexate dose varying

My Living Rheum :)

Hello there!! Introduction to me, my very first blog.

Lappie returns

Quick question...

I’ve got to learn how to say no!

Good for the sole.....

In Septemeber I'll be a free woman, well between 9am and 3pm anyway....what will I do with all my spare time? Go back to work...?

Mri s etc.

The early morning train

Glass Half Full

Crossing the Line

Friday Night Bliss!

Hippy shake

Kitchen Gadgets

Easter is Approaching!

Pain in the rain!

I thought I was too young to get arthritis in my 30's...

We need your help to identify changes in your rheumatology service

Fresh as a daisy

What day is it?

Brave? I wish!

A Flare Up

I am the one and only

some good news ...

Normal

Where do these people get off?

Who am I?

Time really does fly!

Gosh, I’m shattered, I am completely done in.

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