I was on Plaquenil too when they put me on the Mobic. The Plaquenil has seemed to work well for me as I've been able to be off it now for 2 and a half years and with less inflammation, etc. Sort of a "remission" which dr. says it only does for about 10% of people (and only about 33% can tolerate it at all).

Mima, my mom loved her adult bibs which my sil made for her. She wore them at home long before she went to nursing home. I have a blind friend who wears them at home as well (and I think sometimes I should) and when she goes out to eat, she uses a sweaterchain to hold her napkin in front of her. BTW, this friend was told she lost her sight because of med she took for RA when she was in her 30s. She says it helped that as she's had no pain since but she thinks she'd rather have the pain than be blind but now she also gets awful pain in her eyes because of some procedures they did to try to hold onto her sight (didn't work). My dr and eye dr tell me Placquenil used to do that as they gave it in higher doses originally (she took it at least 30 years ago) and they've neither personally seen a case w/this result. The problem with her sight didn't start for some years after she was off the med so I'm leery but I've been to an expert who did some calculations and said I've not taken enough even though I was on it for several years - there's a certain threshold below which it doesn't (supposedly) happen.

Well, on to cheerier things.

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Good morning ladies.

Candice - 23,000 steps. You must have not stopped walking for hours!!! I feel like I have walked a long time when I walked 8000 or 10,000 steps. I don't think my hip would ever agree to that many :lol: Glad you are able to do it though.

Mima - Yes, you do seem to be taking Meme's place in the busy department. It is nice you got your space rented for the winter. I hope they don't have hurricanes then as well. That is just too scarey.

Joanne - How's it going! I hope you have a found a way to get happy again. You have just had a lot to deal with. How has your neck been?

Anagram - Take time for fun as it is important!!! Sound like you are doing just that. Glad your hubby is getting better. I am another that can't seem to tolerate anti-inflammatories. Was supposed to try to take 2 Celebrex for 10 days; made it to day 6 and then my stomach started burning like crazy so had to stop. I take another med with it for my stomach but didn't seem to do much good. I have tried a lot of anti-inflammatories but my stomach just can't tolerate them. That is how I gained this darn weight to start with. I just have to eat to stop the stomach pain. Even after I finished taking them, it seemed to go on and on. Like Candice, I just don't do well with pain meds. Thank God, I don't have to take anything except the Sotalol for the Arrythmia business. That one also causes weight gain. Sometime you just can't win!!!

Meme - hope you are still taking life a little easier. Glad to hear that your ankle is starting heal some.

Hope you all have a good day.