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Topic: RE: Lupus meds and RNY
Jazzbabe: just to let you know. Mobic (meloxicam) is now very cheap to get if your pains increase. Just ask your doc for a 3 month prescription. Even without insurance, if you take it to Wallmart, it is only $10 for a 90 day supply.
Don
Topic: RE: Positive ANA test results
Pam: The reason that other tests must be done is that ANA is very common in the normal population. Up to 20% of all normal women are positive for ANA, so a positive test requires additional testing. When a doctor sees a patient with unexplained pains, they will sometimes order an ANA as a screening test for systemic lupus, because almost all systemic lupus patients are positive for ANA using the newest testing methods. The followup tests are more specific autoantibodies to see if there are any specific antibodies for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, etc. Even patients with painful conditions like fibromyalgia have a higher chance of being ANA positive than the rest of the population.
Good luck, and I hope your doctors can help you.
Good luck, and I hope your doctors can help you.
Don
Topic: Dr. Mario Alberto Almanza-Reyes
I was just posting this because I've had more people than I thought, write me and let me know how much their sorry and how they are praying. My momma is one of the nicest people out there, I wish that we can individually meet each and every person on this website that are planning on going to Dr. Almanza. I wish I could take you guys through a normal day in my life now that everything has messed up in my life. Going through my last summer as a high school student. I can't have fun... I won't have fun. I want justice to be served!!! I want to save someone's life. Please this is NO JOKE!! I wake up everyday and I think and pray about anybody who's in or going into surgery with Dr. Almanza... I pray for you guys. I don't even know you guys. My mom has been in ICU on a ventilator for 7 days now... my best friend... I can't go see her whenever I want to anymore... visiting hours are precise. My mom won't be able to see the 17th Anniversary of me arriving in this world, because she's too busy going through something that shouldn't have ever happened!!! DOCTORS MAKE MISTAKES... BUT WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR MAKES MISTAKES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.. Yes, you might have had a WONDERFUL experience... but listen to the stories people.. just because you were lucky DOES NOT mean that everybody else was. There are many people around the United States and Canada that are dealing with their friends and/or family members DYING with deadly infections, holes in stomachs, esophagus, etc. You guys keep telling your friends to go.... and eventually, you are going to go through what me and my family and plenty other families are going through right now. I'm not trying to harsh Dr. Almanza's "mellow".... I am truly, honestly, and dedicative to preventing as many people from going to this doctor as possible. Please spend the extra money and getting done by someone who is, not only cheap and kind, but dedicated to helping you. Not a doctor who is just going to WHAM BAM over and never see you post-op (to many people). Please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE..... I am not doing this to get back at Dr. Almanza or anybody that is working over there just because they've done this to my momma. I am doing this to prevent YOU from ever going through something like this. It IS NOT FUN.
Love always and forever,
Miranda
Love always and forever,
Miranda
Topic: RE: Day three after VSG surgery and I'm doing GREAT
Hi, everyone; this is my first post, I have lupus and have to take 5000 IU of vitamin D. Dr. has me on 4 different anti inflammatory meds, trying to ween off prednisone. Do u crush meds? Waiting for a date for the sleeve. Dr said it will be harder to lose weight with sleeve but best for lupus patients. Trying to figure out how to get protien, fluids and food in, thet say you'll get or drink every hour. How can you go anywhere if thats the case.
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