Pete,
I hope you are able to get off the meds!
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Pete,
I hope you are able to get off the meds!
Welcome Joey. I was diagnosed with MPA in November 2013. Twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with scleroderma (CREST) with mild interstitial lung disease. I was fortunate and did not have to be on...
Dr. Aryeh Fischer
Denver, Colorado-National Jewish
Rheumatology
I had severe pleuritic spasms the weekend before I was admitted to the hospital. I saw my GP several days prior and he gave me vicodin. He did an X-ray and it was fine at that time. He figured I...
It has been over a month since I have done much more than walking to and from parking garage still work. This week I started taking the stairs, at work, to the second floor. I then take the...
This forum provides an amazing amount of support and information. I hope this is a only a temporary setback. Take care.
It is good they caught it fairly early. I like your positive outlook!
It has been one year and two months since my diagnosis of MPA. I am in remission. I am able to work full time and my family is supportive.
The fatigue is unbelievable!
I am still learning...
I hope all goes well
Hi Nikki,
i had four weekly treatments of Rituximab February-March. I had a reaction, but Benadryl and Solumedral helped. It took about 8.5 hours because I had reactions when they attempted to...
I have been off pred for two weeks. My doc would not prescribe 1mg, so I was taking 2.5 one day, then nothing for two days for about a month. Then I went three days without for a month. The pain...
Thank you. I am grateful everyone is so helpful
Sorry, I posted before finishing. I started Imuran around July.
Hi, sorry so long for response. I was tapering off prednisone and was offline for a bit.
I started mofetil in late August or early September. This was after they found out my allergy to Imuran....
Hi Mrtmeo,
I am sorry that your mom is having such a hard time. I could not find much for MPA support either. From what I've seen, you have done a lot of research to understand this disease. I...
Thank you, Michelle. I'm fairly private about my health issues. This forum helped me deal with pred rage and many other things I thought I could deal with on my own. It also helped me realize that...
Hello everyone,
I have been reading posts on this forum for about a year and finally decided to join. Initially, I thought I had GPA. I performed the classic internet search, scared the heck out...