tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855311767753471161.post1033239815368939361..comments2023-12-22T12:09:33.175-05:00Comments on An Attitude of Gratitude: Putting up some big numbersJules0705http://www.blogger.com/profile/17369759665447777971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855311767753471161.post-56345954780947521612012-04-16T06:34:27.289-04:002012-04-16T06:34:27.289-04:00Thanks Susan! Before they decided I was "ban...Thanks Susan! Before they decided I was "banned for life" from donating blood (because I lived overseas from 78-80 and again 86-88- yes I am STILL bitter!)back in 2009, I donated at every blood drive. It made me super tired but other than that I was okay. I am hoping it will work out the same. That said, I was just looking at the weather for Saturday in that section of TN and it looks like it will rain- so though we had planned on taking the pups to the state forest- it looks like I will be resting instead. Plus- we are taking hubby's truck instead of my Soul, so I will NOT be driving home-lol. ;-)Jules0705https://www.blogger.com/profile/17369759665447777971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855311767753471161.post-59835735565204351482012-04-15T10:17:56.551-04:002012-04-15T10:17:56.551-04:00I had a bad experience with donating blood, the st...I had a bad experience with donating blood, the stress on my body threw me into a big flare.<br /><br />So, just be sure to take extra good care of yourself before and after you donate the plasma.<br /><br />We are all rooting for you! Thanks for doing this for all of us.Susanhttp://wovensongs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855311767753471161.post-5346171074198822852012-04-13T04:11:43.116-04:002012-04-13T04:11:43.116-04:00My CRP is elevated as well, not as much in Februar...My CRP is elevated as well, not as much in February as it was last fall- but still elevated. They may not have wanted to tell me that though- because when I see her in May, we will be having a frank discussion. See- last fall I had been on Orencia for over a year. In February I had been off it for 3 months.....I will be talking to her about THAT correlation!Jules0705https://www.blogger.com/profile/17369759665447777971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855311767753471161.post-70968419634269619432012-04-12T10:21:33.991-04:002012-04-12T10:21:33.991-04:00Well, I am glad I am not alone in those numbers. M...Well, I am glad I am not alone in those numbers. Mine have always and I mean always been through the roof until....well...you ready....I stopped all the meds except pregnisone. Now I was fighting thyroid cancer back then and wonder if raised numbers can mean other things...don't panic...I don't mean cancer but maybe just other things. My numbers are still high but since I am only on pregnisone I haven't had a blood draw in over 1 1/2 years. Don't ask me why. My doctor's office just keep refilling my scripts and that is fine by me. He and I don't see eye to eye at all. And bad me, I haven't found another ra doc...yet anyway. What is your ESR or CRP? I hope that this research center is getting all the numbers. I think inflammation numbers might concern me a little more because more is currently known about those numbers. And to me, this just goes to show, no one really knows about these diseases in their totality. Nope....not at all.abcsofrahttp://abcsofa.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com