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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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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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posted 09/02/2009, comments (11)

Bon Voyage, RA!

Last summer, I journeyed through South America on an amazing trip that fell over the anniversary of my first RA symptoms. It was my little way of telling my RA to shove it. This year, I am embarking on another bold trip that might even top last year’s: I am off to Egypt and Jordan to see the Pyramids, sleep under the stars in Wadi Rum... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2009, comments (35)

Wrangling Life with RA

I got hijacked last week. Not by pirates with cutlasses, eye patches, bad teeth and a shoulder-perched parrot squawking obscenities. Instead, my week was hijacked by something much more bureaucratic: an agency deciding I needed to devote days to doing enough paperwork that I suspect they'll need to build an extension to their offices to store it... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/21/2009, comment (1)

Useful pain management device

It finally ocurred to me that all the "Koolit" refrigerant packs that come with my Enbrel have a daily use. I keep some in the refrigerator and some in the freezer both at home at at work and use them to cool my fevered joints and head. They are much more comfortable and less messy than bags of frozen peas.

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