So I just realized I never updated you guys on the methotrexate experiment ( Read more... )

Right, so I finally have a rheumatologist who is taking my condition seriously. It's still undifferentiated connective tissue disorder, but she doesn't want it running amok. I can't say I think much of my last rheum who threw up his hands when I failed Plaquenil. It did terrible things to my stomach, where I felt like I'd been punched in the ( Read more... )

I don't know how many of you know this, but I love perfume oils, mostly from Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs. I got introduced to them by a friend a decade ago, and have collected them ever since. I had 20-25 bottles and over 200 small vials (at a guess ( Read more... )

The last month and a half has been kind of unbelievable. I know there's that expression about things coming in threes; well, it was finally a GOOD three ( Read more... )

AGH ( Read more... )

Ugh ( Read more... )

So, as some of you may know, I am a big fan of Matt Bomer (actor, plays the ex-conman on White Collar). I think he is positively delicious; I'd probably rate him the most attractive man I've ever seen ( Read more... )

So I was able to confirm that yes, the lab either lost or forgot to do the blood tests that my rheumatologist ordered. I had them run this past Friday, and I now have the results. Everything turned up normal, so whatever I have, I have a sero-negative version of. That means that I have the condition but for one reason or another my blood work ( Read more... )

I was a few weeks behind on Downton Abbey. It's a show that I can accept is somewhat fluffy - a period piece that has a lot of interpersonal drama ( Read more... )

So I had blood tests run almost a month ago. I came in with two sets that needed to be run: some for my GP and some for my rheumatologist. I'm always kind of distracted at these appointments, what with the phobia of needles and all. I did notice that it didn't seem like they had drawn enough vials of blood, so I paused on my way out and asked to ( Read more... )