Experiences with

Amoebic dysentery

Hello Everyone, I have experienced stiffness since my 50's especially after sitting for any length of time. Enter PMR at age 67 ( I have had it for four and a half years) and the stiffness was much worse of course. I did see a rheumatologist a few times who thought I had an underlying inflammatory arthritis

I was wonder has anyone has a relapse of PMR and how was it ? I was PMR free for 7 years and the last two months I think it is back. I feel the same as I did then but no were as bad. I was wondering how long a relapse will last. I am diabetic and want to avoid Prednisone because of my sugar getting

I have been diagnosed beginning of April with esophageal reflux, acid gastritis, duodenal ulcers and inflamed Xiphoid process. They gave me a steroid injection on my Xiphoid which aggravated the ulcers. Don’t ask me why they did that?! I took pantoprazole for three weeks didn’t help and now for a week

It has been a while since I have posted because, thankfully, things have been stable. However, that has changed. I wanted to see if anyone has ideas about oral medications for RA. I started with methatrexate (had terrible mouth ulcers), then tried Areva and had hair loss. I tried Sulfrasalazine and got

THIS IS NOT A TREATMENT THAT PMR/GCAUk RECOMMENDS. Yellowbluebell, moderator I was diagnosed with PMR last Jan. 2019. I did not take any steroids but I did take Chinese herbal supplements, changed my diet to more vegetarian and used yoga and Tai Chi as my ways of stretching my body. I took the supplements

My Ced rate and other markers were gone within 6 months.

So I've been sick for many years with inflammatory RA , Osteo, Behcet's, connective tissuue disease & others. It has gotten worse. These past 2 years are so so hard. For 3 weeks I cannot barely walk, sit down, stand, it's pretty awful & I'm afraid.. I'm taking colchacine, imuran & have iv remicade

I was diagnosed with RA last year at 55 years old. My rheumatologist prescribed mobic and methotrexate at a later appointment. I took the mobic till my fingers stayed swollen and my blood pressure stayed elevated. I never took methotrexate because the list of side affects freaked me out. I eventually

Hello! I have RA and I am currently on methotrexate, plaquenil, mobic, and most recently sulfasalizine. I also take prednisone when I have a flare. I have only been on the sulfasalazine for approx one month, 2 pills daily. I am just now able to take this medication without it causing extreme acid reflux

I’m on diflucan and mobic and I feel terrible. Spasms in my feet are driving me crazy. It’s been a hard week. Stomach flu aches and pains are feeding my anxiety. To top it off we had to drive 40 miles in a snow storm to get home last night. 😬

My question is this..how long is the average for staying on 20mg of pred? I was having troubles at the initial dose of 15mg so after two weeks of that I asked to go up to 20mg since 15 was not working well..what was the point, if I'm taking pred it may as well work, right? I stayed on 20mg for 32 days

I thought i would start a little post about what has helped me get thru the past months. I see us all suffer so much and there could be knowledge one of us has that someone else doesnt. We all help each other right! For me, I added glucosamine and magnesium supplements to my daily intake. (Calcium

2008 had a similar episode but worse, I was becoming almost paralyzed with stiffness and pain. Couldn't even lift a milk jug or hardly sit on the toilet..started in Nov with a swollen knee and feeling like I was coming down with something...it got worse from nov to xmas when I was miserable..GP had me

Good evening to all , you all know from my past post about my osteoarthritis that I now have and have been dealing with for almost 5 years now it has progressed faster than I thought it would. My question is this tho. What's the best thing to take to ease pain for like in the hands, knees and shoulders

I have been waiting not so patiently for my rheumatologist appointment at the end of August after my new neurologist felt my MS tests were inconclusive and would be repeated next spring. I started feeling really poorly again several weeks ago, I mostly sucked it up because my body makes zero sense

Hello, I wondering if I am the outcast here...my first rheumatologist gave me narcotic pain meds to treat the pain while we try meds to control the disease. She said this was common practice and that I should not be concerned with it and once we find the right medacine I will no longer need them and

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. So a couple of weeks ago I had a serious reaction to methotrexate and my doctor had me stop it and prescribed leflunomide , so to say the least I am pretty scared to start it. Today is my first day of taking it along with my Plaquenil, Mobic and Prednsione

Hi, I am 61 years old. I was in Hospital with hyponatremia last of Sept. 2016. They can't find what is causing it. I am on fluid management and was told to take zinc, vitd3, magnesium and milk thistle. I also have hepc. take cholesterol med. mobic and blood pressure med. I have been drained and tired

I'm new to the site and just saying hello all. Wish I had found this years ago. I'm 47 and have had RA for 22 years. Been on every treatment out there and now am on Rituxan infusions, Arava, methotrexate and Mobic. I'm wondering if anyone else has had significant hair loss and if anything has helped?

Just received Dx of RA this past week.  Rheumatologist started treatment with Mobic and Plaquenil. How long before I notice any improvement with symptoms of fatigue and pain?