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Alexandra1214

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posted 09/04/2009, comments (3)

I Finally Got The Point .....My Summer Vacation (Part 2)

Ok ... let me see ... where did I leave off ... Oh yes ... Scared ... with a swollen leg/dog scratch wound seeing my newest doctor .. a wonderful Plastic Surgeon.. who just told me that I would be seeing him for awhile and skin grafts!!! After the doctor numbed the area .. he debried the area of dead skin and redressed my wound... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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posted 09/04/2009, comments (14)

thumb problems - OUCH!!!

Has anyone had their thumb (the 2 'end bones' - the "PIP joint") fused? Now since I've put off the wrist fusion, my thumb is causing immense pain at times (like whenever I grasp something, unless I flex my thumb first). I searched and found that the last ('distal') joint can be fused. (I seem to be into fusion research this year -... Read more Chevron

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Alexandra1214

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posted 09/03/2009, comments (2)

I Finally Got The Point .....My Summer Vacation ....

One if my RA Doctor's biggest complaints with me is "that I don't take my RA seriously" ... but this past Spring while at a dog show with my husband and his Collies, Colby & Ryan, while Ryan was being touched up for the show... Colby wanted Daddy's attention ... or mine ... so he pawed at myleg ... no big deal I thought ... until our handler,... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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posted 06/02/2009, comments (16)

Wrist fusion: mourning the past, anticipating the future

Hey - I'm sitting at my computer weeping for the wrist I'm about to lose (as a joint, that is ... my former chiropractor once said to me, "Don't let anyone talk you into having your wrist fused." Well, guess what? I talked the surgeon into it. I'm scheduled for the wrist fusion on June 23rd, a lot earlier than I expected, but the... Read more Chevron

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I have had RA for 9 years

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posted 12/24/2008, comments (4)

Major Reconstruction Surgery on Right Foot

Well here I am 2 weeks post-op after having major reconstruction surgery on my right foot. My Ortho had to shorten the bones on all of my toes, fuse 3 joints and fix tendons and some other lovely things. He shaved and cleaned all of the joints and made them look exra nice like normal little toes of a normal woman. Yesterday,... Read more Chevron

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