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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 502239" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Oh Sharon I am so sorry about your news. I do know what all the chronic pain is about. One thing that might help your hands, wrists, fingers, knees and ankles almost immediately is volteran gel. Now it wont be a miracle cure and make you superwoman but it does give quite a bit of daily help. You can rub it on 3 times a day like a Bengay type product but without all the smell. I love the stuff and shhhh...I rub it on Tony's bad back and it helps him too. Your doctor should be able to give you a few sample tubes to see if it helps. </p><p></p><p>With Addisons, I wouldnt go for the prednisone at all. You can get gold shots or the dmards. I cant take steroids either. The only time I take a steroid is in extra small doses and they are injected into my joints. I have to even watch those and do two at a time and separate the other two by two weeks or they send me somewhat hypomanic. However with what I am on right now, I could probably handle it...lol. If you have lupus and RA, I would really have a second opinion because those can show some of the same markers. But if you do, some of the treatments are the same. The newer treatments for RA are done only every 6 months now. RA can actually be treated more effectively than OA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 502239, member: 1514"] Oh Sharon I am so sorry about your news. I do know what all the chronic pain is about. One thing that might help your hands, wrists, fingers, knees and ankles almost immediately is volteran gel. Now it wont be a miracle cure and make you superwoman but it does give quite a bit of daily help. You can rub it on 3 times a day like a Bengay type product but without all the smell. I love the stuff and shhhh...I rub it on Tony's bad back and it helps him too. Your doctor should be able to give you a few sample tubes to see if it helps. With Addisons, I wouldnt go for the prednisone at all. You can get gold shots or the dmards. I cant take steroids either. The only time I take a steroid is in extra small doses and they are injected into my joints. I have to even watch those and do two at a time and separate the other two by two weeks or they send me somewhat hypomanic. However with what I am on right now, I could probably handle it...lol. If you have lupus and RA, I would really have a second opinion because those can show some of the same markers. But if you do, some of the treatments are the same. The newer treatments for RA are done only every 6 months now. RA can actually be treated more effectively than OA. [/QUOTE]
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