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Happy birthday to this fantastic forum and the fantastic people on here.

We have seen many people come and go, and have lost and mourned a lot of people along the way.
Some people have left a big...

Thank you again, for another year of birthday wishes.
For us, growing older and having more birthdays is a blessing, and one that I am glad to still be having each year.

2010 for me too, after about a year of lurking, and not thinking I would ever have anything to say or participate in a conversation.

Gosh how wrong a person can be :lol::lol::razz:

I am well thank you

Off pred now, and down to 10mg MTX and 200mg Plaquenil
Nose & coughing is still the bugbear, but we continue to go on.

As always

I totally agree.
Or; if it isn't GPA, then find out what it is that is causing this, don't just write me off.

Find someone who will look for some answers, before it's too late to get the answers

Thanks Pete. I hope you are keeping safe and well

Sending love and hugs your way drz, from Oz :hug1:

I hope the RTX gets you back to feeling a little more normal, in the next few weeks.

Be kind to yourself, and remember that you have done it...

You are so very special, Miss Alysia. You never forget or miss the birthday messages.
My birthday was awesome, just as you are :wub:
Thank you for always remembering.

It was sinus first for me, and then I lost total hearing in my left ear.
6 months after WG treatment started, the hearing started to return, and now the loss is only mild, and only noticeable when...

You should not flare with stopping MTX for one week.
MTX has a body life of 6 weeks, with it reducing in strength every week.
This means that if you miss taking it for a week, then you still have...

Love to you both and to everyone else, from Oz

What a crazy year we have all been through and continue to go through.

Geoff you are so right about marta and her words, and you are also correct...

I hope you have shaken the flu like illness now, Kirk, and that you are on the road to recovery.

Two episodes in 4 months is really strange though, considering the amount of precautions that you...

6. who is Santa :unsure:

I don't have coronary disease, tremors or osteoporosis, but I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

I think my husband would be very surprised if a few days went by, without me dropping...

Great to hear from you Chadwyck and wonderful to see you no longer have to say Ouch, except for minor issues.

I'm sorry that you have seen one of our dear members has passed away. It's always a...

Hi Peter

Australia also have their own Vasculitis society. Refer to the link below

Australia and New Zealand Vasculitis Society (anzvasculitis.org)

Oh Kirk, I'm sorry to hear that you have been knocked about - by something.
I certainly hope that it is not Covid.

I was wondering myself, about how they would be able to test correctly if your...

I haven't been on pred for nearly a year now, and the mosquito's still don't like me :confused1:

Mosquito's haven't gone near me for the past 8 or 9 years.

I was putting it down to Methotrexate, but I'm pretty sure that it is the Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) keeping them at bay.

Either...

Dutchie you certainly do have rareness following you

I'm so glad your wife and babies are doing well.


Yes, the scar tissue on the right side, closed back over probably within 6 weeks of the...

Hi Dalatingod

Sorry, I have been on Methotrexate for the past 9 years and it has worked for me, so there was no need to change to anything else.
Imuran would be an alternative to methotrexate. ...

Hi dalatingod and welcome to the forum.

This is a great place to find, when you are first diagnosed and are told that it is rare. You think that you are the only person in the world with it, then...

Hi Peter and welcome to the club that no one wanted to be a member of, but glad that we found it.

Another Aussie.
Thankfully, for me, this means that our doctors are on the ball and becoming more...

G'day Dutchie and welcome to the group that none of us really wanted to be in, but are very thankful that it is here for us.

Congratulations on the birth or your babies :hug3:

Stress plays a...

For the surgery on my nose I had to be in remission for 2 years, and my pred be at 5mg or less.
On saying this, my rheumy did say, that if it was an emergency, they wont be waiting for anything,...