um...

i'm probably one of the sarcastic ones...but i usually make fun of myself.
i don't think 'life is but a joke' but i do think we all need laughs.

regarding answers to posts...i'm one of those oldsters who just has an aversion to saying the same things over and again...and i'm sure many feel that if you can't say
something nice you ought not say anything at all (bambi's mom)...

36 reads and three replies is not bad...1100 reads and 3 responses is bad.

many newbies think they are alone in all the things that are happening; i strongly
advocate that all newbies should read every post on the main board...it's the mass
of shared info that's the wealth of this site...if four people in a week post queries
about the same meds, diagnostic points and ask for help in understanding doctorese
and test results- well, good golly, there's a comonality there; you learn alot reading all
the mail...personally, i've read every post on the main board in the past like five years,
i remember all of it...however, i do have one rule for my postings- if Mig for instance
has complained about a say mechanical problem or a med reaction I will not repeat
her story; it's her story...and if someone emails me forty pages of data and information
i consider that confidential...i may mention the info i gleaned but i don't blab.

people here know and have been thru everything.

and on another note...if you want replies to your posts, answer the replies you do get.
raquel, there are three posts of yours i have answered...i must assume you dislike the
points i raise or how i word 'em, cause you don't respond.

and i'll add, again, in case you missed the comments...i do think your condition
is worsened by the toxic stew of the meds your taking...i took methotrexate- it was
awful...the enbrel lit and info tables in the 'white pages' folder in your enbrel box
concludes that methotrexate and enbrel combined don't do a better job and the
methotrexate has higher rates of adverse reactions- including both confusion and
depression...friends don't let friends take methotrexate, and i mean it.
***(enbrel AND methotrexate combined is more effective for RA but not AS)***

all the best, good luck