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Joined: 9/5/2010 Posts: 185 Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
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Hi All
I was on this site a year or so ago but dropped off. I was AngieC12 then if anybody has a good memory. I gained promotion, moved house, office etc. and of course took a while to recover from the upheaval. Still miss my family & friends terribly but I have been here 11 months now and just about settled.
Still have RA of course, now Fibromyalgia is competing with it for attention. Happy(ish) on Hydroxy and Naproxen. Just coming out of a mean flare.
Really missed being able to chat with people about the syndrome (I read somewhere it was a syndrome rather than disease - maybe I shall start a topic about that).
Hope I can get away with being a ReNewed member.
Angie X  Be yourself - everyone else is taken. XX
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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 1,689 Location: Durham
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Hi Angie, Welcome back!! I`m not surprised it took you a while to recover from all that upheaval - hope work is going well. Take care, Kathleen x
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Joined: 4/20/2010 Posts: 1,749 Location: Somerset
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Helllo Angie Welcome. I was new to this site in April this year. I am Rose from Somerset and aged 56 and had RA diagnosed nearly 2 years ago. Sorry to hear of your flare. Looking forward in getting to know you Rose 
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Joined: 8/25/2010 Posts: 1,289 Location: Buckinghamshire
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hi Angie,
welcome back ... i'm a very new Member to the Forum and recently diagnosed.
Methotrexate hasn't worked so far for me so seeing the Consultant this afternoon as an Emergency Appointment.
hope you are doing well after your flare up, looking forward to reading your posts.
Suzanne.
P.S. i'm still getting used to the Forum so somehow deleted this message rather than editing it !! i can't figure a way to read the post while i reply.
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Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 1,524 Location: W. Yorkshire
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Hello and welcome back from a lot of stressful moves in your life! YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Joined: 12/8/2009 Posts: 230 Location: Leicester
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 Welcome back Angie!
I'm Helly, 35yrs old and live in Leicestershire. I was born with juvenile idiopathic arthritis which wasn't diagnosed until just before my 3rd birthday. It went into remission when I was 12, thanks to a combination of methotrexate & deflazacort. There it stayed until September last year but luckily got onto hydroxychloroquine quite quickly so its starting to get back under control
Looking forward to seeing some more of your posts xx
Helly x Celebrating 10yrs of National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Doing a Tandem Skydive - May 2011 - All Sponsorship Welcome - www.justgiving.com/helencopeland Read my blog - Helly Copeland
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Joined: 9/5/2010 Posts: 185 Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
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Thanks all for the welcome back. I am looking forward to getting into the forums again, especially the letting off steam and the funnies. Suzanne: It's tricky, but when you are typing, you can move the side bar at the very right hand side of the screen, you can then see the earlier posts and use the side bar next to the messages to move the messages upwards (it goes backwards). You shouldn't need to close the reply at all then. Easy to do but very hard to explain! Thanks again for the welcome - I will be watching for your posts. Love the new 'straplines' we can put after our names, and I agree about the shoes, although with RA that can be a bit restricted! Angie  Be yourself - everyone else is taken. XX
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Joined: 3/8/2010 Posts: 914
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Hi Angie, A big welcome back from me too. I'm Lorna I was diagnosed almost 3 years ago. I was very ill them but with the triple therapy I am so much better now. Sorry you have been poorly with a flare up, but congratulations on you job success. It is such a boost to your confidence with a promotion like that. Glad you have found us again looking forward to seeing your posts. Lorna
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Joined: 2/26/2010
Posts: 271
Location: hampshire
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Hi Angie, welcome back! Im Heather 47 dx a year ago and on triple therapy which is working ish! Going back to work tomorrow after being off for the summer (I work part year) so not looking forward to that!
you sound like you've had an awful lot going on in your life recently!
Look forward to getting to know you!
Heather xxx
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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 2,237 Location: nr Southampton
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hello! welcome back.
pleased things are a bit more settled for you.
love
Jennihow to be a velvet bulldoser
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Joined: 12/4/2009
Posts: 2,127
Location: Thornton Cleveleys
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Hi Angie Welcome back! I guess you joined during my absence ... been on the forum for a few years but took a break (lots of reasons!). Certainly sounds as though you have been busy recently! I'm Lyn, married to Mike, we have four children, Abby 22, Ian and Jake 17, and Louis 15. All four in various stages of education! We live in Thornton Cleveleys in north west Lancashire. I was diagnosed with sero-negative RA 22 years ago and have since run the gamut of medication and had several surgical procedures along the way. Currently on Enbrel, Prednisolone and Naproxen and a jolly assortment of pain killers! Just trying to get a recent flare under control after cessation of methotrexate (due to neutropenia) and temporary stoppage of Enbrel for an op. All good fun isn't it ... ?!! Heyho! I do voluntary work to keep myself occupied and although at times it stresses me out (especially when I want to do things and the body says no!) it has been a lifeline and help me keep a modicom of sanity. I had to take medical retirement from my job as a manager of a Legal Aid office some 20 years ago so being able to feel 'useful' still is reward in itself. Look forward to getting to know you Angie, Lyn x
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Joined: 8/25/2010 Posts: 1,289 Location: Buckinghamshire
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am chuckling here Angie i wish i could nod my head and say yes i understand about reading messages as i type but i can't .. lol 
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Joined: 9/5/2010 Posts: 185 Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
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Nice to hear from you - I still count myself as very lucky that my RA/Fibromyalgia is currently pretty mild. Although I can't do as much as I used to I can still walk, gym and work full time at the mo. It is a bit of a fight and I do get down about it. Especially as my Line Manager is nice but a tad difficult to manage! Not surprisingly just doesn't get the idea of RA. Suzanne - I understand! So hard to explain without pointing at the bits you need!  Angie Be yourself - everyone else is taken. XX
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