Re: Lurker coming out of the shadows
- From: Diane <dcham@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:08:38 -0800 (PST)
hi carol lee,
i'm glad you found us! you're definitely in the right place. since
you're familiar with newsgroups, i don't need to tell you to ignore
the trolls who have been dogging us lately. i worry they'll scare
newbies away.
i'm sorry you're going through all this. you have a great attitude.
i'm glad your husband is being so supportive. it's hard to adjust to
having a chronic, incurable illness. just about everybody here knows
what that's like. how much prednisone are you on? did your doctor tell
you that you can't stay on that forever? he has you on plaquenil,
which is a first line DMARD (disease modifying drug) and that's good.
you should have your eyes checked while on it. it takes time for it to
work--if it works. the good news is, there are many other drugs to try
and i wouldn't wait too too long to switch after you've given the
plaquenil a good try. you and your doc need to be aggressive to avoid
the damage so many of us old-timers sustained before the good drugs
came along.
hope that's helpful and welcome to the sandbox.
diane
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