Nice to hear from so many...thanks all. Mooseman...I see Rheumy again in Jan...I'll let everyone know what he says then.
Dan...I too am North of TO...but a lot of things are
Gastro says IBS is a yes...but apparently that's pretty normal for we 'perimenopausal women'.
Went to have the blood tests as requested by Rheumy...took several vials (the tech jokingly asked me what I did to make the Dr. so mad at me!)...and then, while I was waiting for my son to have lung x-rays (flu got our whole family...another story in itself!)they came to tell me, there was a problem. Apparently, they don't do HLA B27 tests on Fridays. (nope, not kidding) So, I have to go back to do that one again. And, in discovering the 'not on Friday thing', it was requested I go to the larger 'city' hospital, rather than my local hospital to have the blood drawn anyway...rather inconvenient, but I guess we do what we must.
In the meantime...Celebrex is pretty much useless into week 4, but some days are better than others, so I'm plugging along.
Must say, this is a really great place to visit. Always something interesting, informative and uplifting to read.
Liking the new shout thing!
Cheers all!
PT
