My leukemia's back.

[tastyacres]

So sorry for all the loss TA, even just one of those would be hard. You certainly have had a lot of adjustments to make.

We're glad to have you back

Thank you, N F C, it has been extremely hard... Mostly battled with depression but I'm finally able to look ahead with a smile.

I'm glad to.

 

[tastyacres]

------@tastyacres I'm so sorry for your double loss. Such a heartbreak for you.

This thread is amazing! I fully expected to see it dwindle and fade away after Rachel's death, but here you all are, carrying on her legacy of support and hope. Bless you all is all I can say.

Thanks.

Well, I lost my papa also in march of this year so I was just healing from that blow when Everything else happened.

I can see that... And she shines thru as Sourland said.

@tastyacres, welcome back. Rachel is here within all of us.

Thanks, sourland.

 

[microchick]

Loosing your papa then loosing an aunt and uncle.

You've had your share of it this year haven't you? Let's hope thing are better in 2018.

 

[tastyacres]

Loosing your papa then loosing an aunt and uncle.

You've had your share of it this year haven't you? Let's hope thing are better in 2018.

Yeah. It was hard!

I would say so, but I'm afraid 2018 won't be any better... Both my last grandpas aren't doing good. Doctors say Grandpa Keith's heart is very weak and basically could give out if stressed at all. and Another grandpa not well at all.

 

[microchick]

Yeah. It was hard!

I would say so, but I'm afraid 2018 won't be any better... Both my last grandpas aren't doing good. Doctors say Grandpa Keith's heart is very weak and basically could give out if stressed at all. and Another grandpa not well at all.

It's never easy. No matter how old you are you are never ready to say goodbye. I lost my grandparents long ago when I was in my teens. There was never any closeness, mainly due to the fact that my mother was a victim of just about every bad thing a parent can do to their child and my dad was basically abandoned when he was 7. Lost mom in 99 and dad in 06. Mom didn't have an easy passing but dad passed at 94 in his sleep. We should all be as lucky as he was to go that way.

Sometimes the best we can hope for them is that their passing is easy, one breath in this life and the next in the here after.

As hard as it is, you will find the strength to get through it and you know we all have strong shoulders here if you need one to lean on.

 

[ronott1]

Good grief girl!

You could always do my old stand by. Strip naked, paint yourself purple, stand on a hill and swing a dead chicken over your head. What can it hurt?

I'm looking at seeing a rheumatologist in the future. My doc suspects that I have developed Rheumatoid Arthritis. I'm having lots of trouble with joint pain and strange nodules on my joints.

Oh no!

Do they have better treatment fro RA now?

 

[N F C]

Good morning Team Rachel

 

[bruceha2000]

Oh no!

Do they have better treatment fro RA now?

My wife was on Enbrel for quite a few years starting a year after it was approved. Now on Humira as of a few months ago. I'm sure she would not be walking let alone working if not for those biological drugs. Good thing she is working you need good insurance, without it Enbrel is about $33K a year. Don't know about Humira but likely similar.

Guess I could try castor oil packs or black salve to burn it out as a last resort

I would start the CO treatment now, not as a last resort. It can't hurt and has some very good healing properties.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Team Rachel. It's always good to come home. Everyone make the best of their day.

 

[lazy gardener]

Oh no!

Do they have better treatment fro RA now?

At least that treatment does not require insurance coverage, and there are no side effects.

I would start the CO treatment now, not as a last resort. It can't hurt and has some very good healing properties.

good point.