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hi Skempins
I would recommend you go and see a good eye doctor ASAP, it sounds a lot like scleritis, I was diagnosed with this nearly 2 years ago, it got that bad it put me in hospital for 2 weeks,...

hi Drz
my diabetes is under control, my last 3 H1a have been around 7, when I first got the symptoms in my hands and feet it came on in the space of a week, the pain at times made it difficult to...

Hi all.
My apologies as I have not been on for a while, had a few setbacks and been back in hospital a couple of times, however at the moment I am having problems with my feet, hands and knees with...

evening michelle
yes I do, frankston area, so not too much of a trek to get there, hopefully should not have to wait too long.

afternoon all.
it seems there may a be a change of plan, my rheumy has already referred me to the vasculitis clinic in the monash, just waiting for the appointment to come through, I have tried to...

evening all
my apologies for not following through to everyone, but things have been a little rough of late, the scleritis kicked off again I had my cellcept increased to 2000mg a day and the pred...

all I can say is wow,,,,,, but I have learnt one thing,,, and that is how much I love my wife,,,,,, after everything I have put her through this last 12 months and she is still around and ready for...

evening all
well I thought I was on the right path and heading for remission on 25mg MTX and down to 7mg of pred :unsure::unsure:, then it happened and I started to flare, back to the night sweats,...

jakekell
glad you are getting/feeling better, it is not a nice thing to have, I had it for 4 weeks but it was quite serious it even got to the point of them seriously considering surgery to remove...

Morning Jake Kell
Unfortunately it depends on how bad the pancreatitis is, I had blood pressure and heart rate problems, everything was too high, the pain was excruciating, the only thing that gave...

evening all
well it has been nearly 12 months since I started on this lovely wegs road, it took approx. 6 months before I was diagnosed and have been in and out of hospital quite regularly over the...

Evening all
The only reason I think it the methotrexate is that I take it on a Friday, 10mg in the morning with breakfast and 10mg at an evening with tea, over the last couple of weeks I start...

evening all
it has been a while since i have been on here, had the sinus biopsy done as well as couple of other things at the same time, the results came back negative ,:glare: my concern is taking...

evening all
well the rheumatologist has put me on methotrexate, start on 10mg a week then if no side effects for two weeks up to 20mg a week, he said hopefully in approx. 3 months he can start...

Evening again,
I am currently on 20mg of pred a day, the rheumatologist does not want to up the dose because of my diabetes, at the present moment he is approx 90% sure on it being wegener's, he...

evening all
first of all a big thanks for the warm welcome from everyone, I am back in to see the Rheumatologist on Monday as he wants to change my meds (prednisolone) so will wait and see, I have...

hi folks
I have just been tentatively diagnosed with wegeners, the rheumatologist I am seeing wants to do a nasal/sinus biopsy to make certain, but he is pretty sure it will turn up positive.
it...

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