therapy

When I saw my rheumatologist last week, she said she wanted me to read up on Enbril and Humira. For goodness sake, they both can make you susceptible to TB and Enbril can also make you more susceptible to some types of cancer. I don't know what to do. Who wants to take a drug like those...

I am not on med now but had been on a number of them. Very hard to walk even around the house, to sleep more than 2 hours at a time if I am lucky, no family or friends to support me and that is including my wife, she does not under stand what Fm is doing to me. Not enough money. Have given up on...

Hello everyone. I'm so glad I found this forum. I feel so alone sometimes. I'm not sure where to begin... So, about 5 or 6 years ago I started getting really achy and extremely exhausted. I thought I was just overdoing it.. and then I hurt my knee. It hurt SO bad. Xrays showed a tare and alot of...

Tell me what you guys think, and let me know if what I have may be fibro, thanks! Also, please keep in mind that all symptoms have been reoccurring for at least 10 years, most symptoms happened everyday: 1. Sharp pain in my right shoulder blade (feels like there has been a knot in my shoulder...

Hello everyone I haven't been on site fir a while but I was wondering if anyone suffers from pelvic floor dysfunction that is where you pelvic floor muscles are so thight that it causes all sorts of problems I have burning all the time with my pelvic muscles a when you sit for long periods the...

Hello all, I am new here. I was diagnosed May 5th. I have been on Cymbalta and Meloxicam for a couple of months. Not getting much improvement from it. I started Physical Therapy 2 weeks ago and am focusing on water therapy. I am hopeful that I will find the right meds and therapy to get me...

I found this article in the sidebar of one of my favorite newsgroups and thought I would pass it along. You can find the entire article by searching on the title (in bold below). It may not be a cure, but it is a step in isolating the problem.

Hi everybody, Let me start off by saying thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and those who reply. I am in no way trying to get a diagnosis for my mom, i just want to hear what your opinion on my moms condition is. For the past two years, my mom has been battling what doctors have...

Hello everyone, I am a newbie to all of this....fybro, forums, medications, etc. I am a 45 yr old female who was diagnosed recently with fybro. I guess I should give some background....at age 15 I has scoliosis surgery. I currently have 2 metal rods fused to my spine. The rods have caused...

Hi all, I think I mentioned I was denied for SSD at the first and second level. So now I have retained an attorney to help me at the ALJ hearing. He claims he is working on a contingency basis in which case he will get no money if I lose. I find that hard to believe that an attorney would...