Re: Update from LadyAndy ~ LONG and part off topic ~

Your best is more than enough. God has blessed you with many things
that were overdue in my mind but on time in Gods way of doing things. I can
not tell you how good it is to read your words. Oh by the way,,, I just
knew it was going to be that way for you and yours.

Harv

<LadyAndy2@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, everybody! OK, guess it is well past time for an update from the
ol' married lady here. :) I know, I know, you haven't seen my name
on the board for ages now, but it just seems very hard to find the
time to peruse the posts the way I used to every day.

Well, we are still and forever married. Albert is hubby and we are
enjoying life together. We have taken a few trips together, including
a honeymoon cruise to Hawaii. Our last trip was last week when we
went down to visit family friends in San Diego. We went down by
Laguna Beach, visited just over the border in Mexico, and had a great
time.

Yes, we both have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. He's on Remicade
and is due for his next infusion in a couple of weeks. He also gets
methotrexate which I inject for him. He's also on another dozen plus
medications for his blood pressure and diabetes, but everything is in
control, so we're doing fine.

I am still on Humira, although it doesn't seem quite as effective as
it used to be. For now, I'll keep on with it though, although I am
thinking if it does lose efficacy, I may want to try Remicade too. I
was having some side effects from the long term methotrexate, so I
went "cold turkey" and dropped it. I was also not thrilled with the
prospect of a liver biopsy if I continued on it, which is what my
rheumy wanted me to do, so I figured I'd give my liver a break and do
without it.

Actually dropping the mtx didn't seem to bother me much at all,
although about 6 months after stopping, my psoriasis was flaring so
much I couldn't stand it, making me itch like crazy. I then took 3
weeks of 3 injections of the mtx, and that helped immediately. I
dropped it again and now am doing fine again.

No new surgeries here... planning a colonoscopy, forced Albert to have
his (all clear) and have to call and schedule mine now.

Life is good. We have a wonderful garden, although the citrus was
struck with a citrus miner thingy which I am spraying for. Still, we
have tomatos, figs (cute little striped ones with pink insides), fuyu
persimmons, asian pears, newly planted 3 varieties of grapes (no fruit
yet), sweet lemon (2 kinds), limes, sweet limes, grapefruit, regular
lemons, millions of kumquats (2 kinds), tangelos, tangerines, navel
oranges, rosemary, calamundine, loquats, pineapple guavas, plums...
and lots and lots of roses in all colors.

I designed the garden so a lot of it is raised beds and kind of narrow
around the outside of the patio. That makes doing the gardening a lot
easier for people who don't bend easily. I also have the GREATEST
tools made by Fiskars which we got at Costco. There is a long pruning
shears which I can use to cut roses without bending or can trim off
those ivy strands that keep trying to invade from the neighbors. And
there is a WONDERFUL pole pruning thing which can reach almost any
branch and which has the strength to cut with a quick yank on the
sliding sleave that operates a gear on the end to make the shears cut.

I know we have planted too many trees, but we love them all and go out
and inspect every single day at least once to see what has happened
while we weren't looking.

My best to everybody.

Andy

LadyAndy2@xxxxxxx (in Los Angeles)



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