thanks for the update.

glad you found a doc you like.
i'm still at the point that finding docs younger than me feels odd, but as they say, better than the alternative.

this whole dx thing is rather odd. i know it shouldn't matter from doc to doc, but i've been to 6 different rheumies and have gotten 6 rather different interpretations. even the last 2 who agree i have inflammatory arthritis: the one in philly said undiff spondy, the one here i thought was saying undiff spondy, but the paperwork to get bloodwork done had a different code, i think undiff spondy doesn't have a code, so this may have been the closest code. as you said, whatever, so long as they're motivated to try to help us feel better and be more functional. smile

good luck with the job. as you said "better to have tried and found out you couldn't do it then never to have tried at all."


sue

Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)