I was diagnosed with JRA last year at 14. Mine is the severe type. I am on methotrexate, enbrel, and several steroids. Pain pills dont really work. HELP!

I have known several people to use MSM but none who had Rheumatoid. Have you? Did it help you?

This question is completely original.

*cries*

I have a friend that is suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis…and is supposed to see a specialist in a few weeks…right now he needs something to help. All the prescription mdsis just a temporary fix.
I need something that might give him relief now. Can you help please???

Ok, I’m going to need a couple of websites. I’m doing a project on arthritis. If you could just find a website with the:
Causes
Symptoms and treatments
and the definition of arthritis (like what is arthritis?)

I think it sounds like an interesting topic. Please try your best, and thank you!

Lately I have realized that I need to be more physically active and get in shape and tone up quite a bit and I would also gradually like to lose about 100 pounds. I have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid which anyone who has had this problem knows it can be complicated to lose weight with and I only eat about 1300 calories a day but haven’t been able to lose weight by diet alone at all. I stand all day at work for about 7 hours and do get some physical activity going up and down stairs during the day and bending and lifting and at the end of the day I am soooo tired from standing and stress! Any easy exercises I can start with to start burning fat, toning up and increase flexibility? I don’t really need to build muscle at this point because they are really dense as it is since I’ve had the underactive thyroid problem and I would like to lood more dainty. Have had a little bit of a problem with arthritis. Any ideas? Thanks!

I live with my boyfriend, his socially inept 40 year old cousin, and his mother. When I first moved in I noticed some thing sort of weird with their pet dog. He had hot spots and appeared to be in a lot discomfort dealing with them. I asked if they had ever given him a bath- he is a decent sized lab mix- and my boyfriend said maybe a year ago!

I was shocked and as time went on I started seeing the mistreatment of this dog. Granted, I come from a home with pampered Maltese, Yorkies and Shih Tzus- but man, this Lab mix- Teddy, gets no love.

So basically, months later, he started looking really bad and he also began to have some real issues with his back legs and walking. He is 11 years old, btw. I finally convinced my bfs mom to bring him to the vet and after two visits, he was given antibiotics and an antifungal ointment. My boyfriend and I gave him a bath and administered the antibiotics- no improvement.

The last visit to the vet, he got more antibiotics and more antifungal bath ointment- but no one gave him the baths he was instructed to have and now it’s too cold to do so. the doc said to bring him back for tests and xrays regarding his arthritis issues…

His mother doesn’t have enough money, or so I hear, to bring him back to the vet even though the Doc said so..

So now the dog is stuck downstairs, living with the disgusting cousin who has no personal hygeine or knowledge about cleanliness. The dog STINKS to high heavens, and he looks so sad. He is trapped in this room that is like a musty stinky cave- as he cannot go down stairs… The last time the cousin let him upstairs despite our instructions, and Teddy jumped down 4 steps landing with his legs all crooked because he is scared to get down the stairs..

I feel like this is an animal cruelty issue without criminal intent. They just don’t have the money, and honestly, don’t care enough about the dog to get him the treatment he needs to his skin problems, eye infection and arthritis- one night Teddy was stuck for a few hours as he couldn’t even stand and he urinated on himself…

Should I report this to the animal shelter? Or see if they will give him up? I feel so SO bad for this dog, if he was mine I would have NEVER let him get to this point- and he just wants to be loved!!! Please help, any suggestions?/ i don’t want to get my boyfriends mom in trouble, but this dog is being treated as a smelly nuisance… and its not right
ha, no i mean my boyfriend and i both care, i mean like the older people in the house who have more money than us dont care…

he isn’t my dog either, i feel terrible for him, but do not have any bond with him, he would be better off put to sleep in my opinion as he is suffering- but how does one go about humanely putting an animal to sleep- the vet?
jana, i appreciate your answer- however i was the one who suggested the vet visits, all three of them- i was the one who gave him that first bath- its not my responsibility as i am a full time college student and have a full time job, i have little to no time or money to properly care for a dog that is not mine- i do what i can , but it isn’t much- thats why i am having a problem here
oh my gosh GUYS, the reason I posted this is because I am trying to help him! don’t say i’m not doing what i can, jesus – it’s not like i’m sitting on my ass all day staring at this dog while it’s in pain…
my boyfriends mother wont even ALLOW me to bath him the bath tub… she refuses to assist with anything, and like i said the dog lives in a disgusting room that I have no control over at all…
okay last time i’m adding details ha- i don’t know if this is going to clear anything up- this living arrangement is temporary, we are moving to chicago soon and cannot take the dog with us…
also- everyone is telling me to take care of the dog- i don’t even know how to do that because he is in such pain and bad shape. i do not have extra money to take a dog to the vet, i just don’t have it- i barely have enough money for my own antibiotics at this point!

I just recently got an Old English/American Bull dog. She was starved when I got her. She was skin and bones, now she has gotten a bit of a stomach on her. She constantly begs food, I know it’s going so long with out food, or knowing when her next meal was going to be. She won’t hardly eat the dog food we have, she wants people food. She constantly walks around the kitchen sniffing and sniffing up at the tops of counter’s. She’s not really active, (probably a result of not a good diet, she is only 2 y/o) We all go outside and she’ll walk around and sniff and go right up on the porch or next to us and lay down. She is a very loving sweet dog. I want to know of a good Dog Food to get her, maybe High in protein? something to satisfy her and get weight back on her. Oh she also the first two days she was here pooped like 4 times after she ate the dog food and people food. (I know it’s bad but the previous owner’s that’s all they gave her so I’m going to try to wean her off of it) She’s also has a bad back leg, She limps and when she sets it’s on the side of leg and the bum one is straight. the other owner’s said she was born like that, but her right hip and leg doesn’t look normal, it’s smaller then the other and more straighter then the other, most have the thigh and turn to the bottom part of the foot. Her’s is really straight. Doesn’t seem to bother her, the owner’s said, the vet they took her to said it would cost alot of money to fix and wouldn’t bother her until she got older and maybe arthritis? I want to keep her weight under control because of the leg I don’t want it to hinder her, but I also want to get her healthy. Any suggestions?
Here is picture’s of her: http://s654.photobucket.com/albums/uu267/Bethies1027/Daisy/
I’ve always had APBT’s, This is the first Bull dog I’ve had. that sounds good though.
Begging isn’t tolerated in my house, My Pit’s would see us setting the table and automatically go to they’re crates.. With her when we start cooking I put her in my Bedroom, when we finish eating and completly finish putting up food exc.. we let her out. She still walks around and sniffs. I thought about the Chicken and Rice thing to,

I have been begging my mom to go to yoga class with me because her rheumatoid arthritis is getting worse. Her hand is deformed from it. She thinks it will make it worse,but even her dr. said she needs to do yoga or she will be paying $1200.00 a month for shots for her arthritis. Has anyone had a good experience with yoga?