New from Colorado

[julia]

I always like to hear stories of long remissions. Hope you are soon in remission again.

I have family in Durango Colorado. Have visited the state many times. My husband loves Colorado.

[ScreaminMeanie]

I always like to hear stories of long remissions. Hope you are soon in remission again.

I have family in Durango Colorado. Have visited the state many times. My husband loves Colorado.

Thank you! I hope so, too.

BTW, Durango is where I am! I love it here and would never willingly move back to a big city.

When I talked to my rheumy last week about the blood work, she called it a "bump in the road" and said not to get discouraged. She's said all along that I have been her easiest WG patient ever to treat. I think she was almost starting to doubt the diagnosis until this happened. LOL

[julia]

When you said you were near a new medical center I thought it might be Durango. My brother in law works at the hospital. He is not a doctor. He is in administration.

I do not visit as much as I would like because I hate driving in the mountains and hate to fly. Once I drove way out of the way to come up through New mexico or Arizona just to avoid the mountains.

Wish you well.

[RPylican]

Hi ScreaminMeanie ~ Your post caught my eye when I saw you were from Colorado. I am also from Colorado (Thornton) and was just diagnosed last March. They caught it pretty early and I do not have a lot of damage at this point. I have also responded pretty well to treatment. A few things you are going through sound alot like what I'm dealing with including early menopause (or peri-menopause) and numbness/tingling in my feet. I'll be seeing a nuerologist on the 13th so I'm very curious to see what they find. My symptoms started with arthritis like pain and swelling in my feet, legs and hands. It also included kidney involvement and bloody noses. I took cytoxan for 7 months and am now on Imuran. So far so good until my last appointment a couple weeks ago when I mentioned my feet were hurting again and I was experiencing some mild numbness. We'll have to see what they find but other than that, I'm very fortunate I was diagnosed early and I have such attentive and involved doctor's.

I love Durango, I've been to the college there many times for meetings. You are very lucky to live in such a beautiful place. Take good care of yourself.