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08-31-14, 10:38 PM
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I can't imagine Heathpack "tearing" anyone. It's more like "disecting".:-)
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08-31-14, 10:46 PM
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08-31-14, 10:58 PM
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08-31-14, 11:00 PM
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08-31-14, 11:05 PM
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Unless it's bad, my primary issue is not "pain," but inflammation to the extent that I lose flexibility. It puffs up above my kneecaps. Then I start feeling it in my fingers and hip. And elbow and neck if it's real bad, like if I'm too late with the daily prednisone fix.
An NSAID, Lodine (yes "L") for pain and inflammation. On bad days Tylenol and Tramadol, don't use them much, I'm doing good now. I, take the Lodine in the morning when I feel worse. Some other doctors did not understand this. Also Lodine, Tylenol, and Tramadol are different types of drugs, all work differently, so there is no problem with taking them at the same time when needed. Years ago I was on Prednisone for a long time. That's over as are most of my bad days. Probably just like you say, tried many different things and finally hit exactly the right thing for me. Today just lodine and prevacid.
08-31-14, 11:05 PM
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Sometime in bracing cold air of October Pcad will get back on his Scott Foil, his bionic knee rotating in harmonious mechanical symmetry with that shiny D.A. 9000 crankset. The PComeback will have commenced, and it will signal the inevitable time when you will all rue the friggin day Dr. Livingston cut that old arthritic knee out of his 56 year old Pcad leg.
In the meantime I'm working on walking up the steps more like the rest of you, and I can almost get in and out of my car like a normal person. Almost.
M O T I V A T I O N
It's a beautiful thing.
In the meantime I'm working on walking up the steps more like the rest of you, and I can almost get in and out of my car like a normal person. Almost.
M O T I V A T I O N
It's a beautiful thing.
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08-31-14, 11:08 PM
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Sometime in bracing cold air of October Pcad will get back on his Scott Foil, his bionic knee rotating in harmonious mechanical symmetry with that shiny D.A. 9000 crankset. The PComeback will have commenced, and it will signal the inevitable time when you will all rue the friggin day Dr. Livingston cut that old arthritic knee out of his 56 year old Pcad leg.
In the meantime I'm working on walking up the steps more like the rest of you, and I can almost get in and out of my car like a normal person. Almost.
M O T I V A T I O N
It's a beautiful thing.
In the meantime I'm working on walking up the steps more like the rest of you, and I can almost get in and out of my car like a normal person. Almost.
M O T I V A T I O N
It's a beautiful thing.
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...nttawwt.
...nttawwt.
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Why bother then?
Difficult to square this responsiveness that you cite with the fact that these drugs can take a month or more to start working (if they work at all).
The strawberry guy was a no-show at the Farmers Market.
100% a different doctor might get better results using same drugs. There is for sure a real art to managing immune-mediated diseases. One of the most common things I manage is a very severe form of immune-mediated encephalitis in dogs. Drugs doses, combos, pushing the doses maximally but not too much, minimizing side effects, etc. There's a lot of balls to keep in the air simultaneously. Some doctors are just better at managing the whole package than others and better at explaining what's going on. If you wonder about a second opinion, it would probably be worthwhile.
08-31-14, 11:11 PM
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08-31-14, 11:15 PM
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...he has apparently confused you with @coasting.
08-31-14, 11:15 PM
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08-31-14, 11:36 PM
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...crap ! I step away for a minute and come back to find @Heathpack tearing @Is01 a new 01 and some ******* locks the thread. :not amused:
...crap ! I step away for a minute and come back to find @Heathpack tearing @Is01 a new 01 and some ******* locks the thread. :not amused:
08-31-14, 11:47 PM
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09-01-14, 05:29 AM
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That's @coasting who seems to be incommunicado since leaving for London.
I hope he is ok. I am pretty sure it's because of the seatpost....
I hope he is ok. I am pretty sure it's because of the seatpost....
09-01-14, 06:07 AM
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If you like & trust your current doctor & are getting good control of your disease, great, stick with what you've got. If you don't, then get a second opinion.
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You know, every now and then I just have to stick my head in here to see what's going on.
I'm never disappointed
I'm never disappointed
09-01-14, 06:18 AM
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Did you go through the 8,000 posts in the last thread for those little nuggets of gold hiding among the dross?
Yeah... I thought so...
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nah, just checking to see if pcad somehow had his knee wired to interact with his Di2.
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I'm going out for a wee ride with the Princes. We all said "something easy, no hills". I don't understand the route exactly but it starts with a short steep hill. WTF.
However it does include a banana bread stop mid-ride, that's a good thing.
However it does include a banana bread stop mid-ride, that's a good thing.
09-01-14, 07:02 AM
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09-01-14, 07:20 AM
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That's @coasting who seems to be incommunicado since leaving for London.
I hope he is ok. I am pretty sure it's because of the seatpost....
I hope he is ok. I am pretty sure it's because of the seatpost....
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