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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,...

Who would have thought that we would be thankful for such a rotten disease, bringing us all together, and the friendship and loves that are formed from having the said "rotten disease".

Such sad...

Hi Gunny, great to hear from you again.

I'm so glad you have found a knowledgeable specialist.

Good luck with the symposium

Wow these figures are crazy, and amazing at the same time.

Thank you for keeping this forum safe, Chief :smile1:

I'm still here lovely lady, just more of a reader at the moment.
It's a very busy time of the year for me, work wise.

Here is a happy dance, just because in this crazy time, we need something ...

Hi Mandy and welcome. You have found a great place to start learning and asking questions
drz, I actually heard about WG, before I was diagnosed because I was looking on the web for anti...

Thank you ladies

I'm rather enjoying isolation/lockdown, it really suits my lazy side :wink1:

Masha, there is no age increase for birthdays in isolation, just like Calories don't count, on...

We did decide that Alysia's birthday was Easter, didn't we.
I thought about that last week, and then couldn't remember.

Maybe it was a re-birthday.

Happy birthday lovely Alysia for last week...

A very happy birthday to a fellow Taurean.
I hope you are well, and your day is an amazing, although Isolated one, Kirk

Take care :hug3:

Welcome back Mike, so good to hear from you.

Very happy that you were finally able to get the knee fixed/ Have you thrown the scooter away?

Weight loss and a new knee, combined with remission,...

It has been very smoky in Melbourne the past few weeks, with the last few days being the worst of all, however that is nothing to what the residents, firefighters, animals, and everyone else in the...