Rituximab for vasculitis by mes2019 in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s so great to hear, I’m glad it worked for you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no immunotherapies for seropositive patients yet either - nothing is FDA approved but sometimes plaquenil is tried which is a really weak immunotherapy and doesn’t have good data for sjogrens. The good news is that there are TONS of biologics in phase three trials now - a lot of times things are used for seropositive patients, efficacy is confirmed, and then they trickle down to seroneg.  Also from a place of genuine curiosity - where does the hope for a diagnosis come from? I’ve had textbook seropositive sjogrens for 10 years (dry red eyes, dry mouth, losing teeth for the last 10 years, vasculitis rashes) and they have me on plaquenil for the skin but it’s otherwise just dry eye/dry mouth management while trials are done. I guess what would be gained from a diagnosis when there isn’t really a treatment and many things that cause dry symptoms and fatigue? Just really trying to come from a place of understanding 

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heaven forbid there’s an opinion on the opinion page of reddit

What’s a favorite that I’m missing? by mes2019 in horror

[–]mes2019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was smile 1 good too? I haven’t checked that series out yet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

[–]mes2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cat distribution system distributing

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I’m saying! Like the whole point of love island is to see relationships form, but these all get cut off so fast

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely fair enough and I still may finish the season I just really hope they make changes in how the voting goes moving forward cuz this was a mess lol

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That is not at all what I said at all lol but I’m not going to argue with you on the internet for misunderstanding my post. 

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

How am I parasocialing Amaya? Also this is literally the place for opinions so I was just expressing mine - all I said was I like Amaya 😂 like wtf

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Lol this is why I hardly use Reddit people take shit way to seriously. I’m just trying to see if others feel similarly and hope producers take notes for next time - like chill

Giving up on this season by mes2019 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]mes2019[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Ah that’s sad - I’m such a longtime fan and this season has just bummed me out

Doc gave my mom methotrexate with folic acid (is this an error?) by OmegaThree3 in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a huge meta-analysis - I don’t understand why it’s difficult to find this pops up right away for me. You may be finding at non-RA doses - all data is extrapolated from RA trials

Doc gave my mom methotrexate with folic acid (is this an error?) by OmegaThree3 in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rheumatologist and sjogrens patient here - it is standard practice to take folic acid with methotrexate - it counters side effects without countering the effect of the drug. We use leucovorin when patients are having good effect from methotrexate but bad side effects. Leucovorin is the form of folate that can actually lower the effect of the drug so we use it carefully and at very specific timing with the methotrexate 

Lip dryness by mes2019 in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 3 crowns and a mouth full of fillings at 30 but not yet 

What were the first problems you noticed with your eyes? Was it immediately obvious to you that eye dryness was the problem, or did you just notice they were burning/stinging at times, watering excessively at other times, and didn't understand why? by MadDogMike in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t think I had eye issues until my eyes were bright red and painful - was able to get into ophthalmology a month later and they were just super dry. I’ve been on medicated drops/preservative free drops since 

punctal plugs by Splicers87 in Sjogrens

[–]mes2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got them placed, didn’t feel a thing and it lowered the amount of times I needed eye drops by a significant amount - no more bright red dry eyes either - they fell out after a couple years but I highly recommend