hi all,

my brother (54, but forever my baby brother) and his wife are in
jerusalem for two weeks on a biblical archaeological working vacation.
he's not the least bit worried about their safety, but i am. please
keep them in your prayers.

thanks,

diane

M,
How goes the hunt for the housing?? Has the smoke cleared at all around
you?

Thinking of you a lot lately. Wish there was a quick and permanent fix to
all this.

Kelly

Hi!

After the spate of lousy news, its nice to see good news from Kelly and
Rhonda. The right medication is so important. And a doc who is both
competent and 'gets it' is a gem. Wishing this good mojo spreads to
encompass those who need the weavers to change their pattern for the
happier/easier/healthier.

And in the vein of good news - the enbrel is really working for me. Last
year when we took our kids to the water park, it was a struggle for me to
just walk around the place so I could see the kids come down the slides.
This year I helped chaperone a trip there with the day camp the karate
studio owns; walking around was simply a non-issue. A slight rise you
couldn't even call a hill was overwhelming last year and this year was no
problem at all. I even swam with the kids in the wave pool, towing them out
on a tube so they could float on the highest waves (though I flared the next
day and slept a lot). Doing a real happy dance instead of a shuffle. Hoping
you all have days like this, too.

On Jul 22, 6:14 am, Andygmail.com> wrote:

It is utter nonesense - for all the reasons cited in the article.
There is no way to tell in advance how someone will respond to a drug
and all of these drugs lose effectiveness over time. It is another
example of short-term thinking that will result in long-term pain and
added costs. I certainly hope that you folks in Great Britain can
kill this "guidance" before it kills you.

Walt Hanks

"Confirms oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of RA."
"Antioxidant agents can potentially be a useful addition"

Protein oxidation markers in the serum and synovial fluid of psoriatic
arthritis patients.
Firuzi O, Spadaro A, Spadaro C, Riccieri V, Petrucci R, Marrosu G,
Saso L
J Clin Lab Anal 2008 May 16; 22(3):210-215.

The role of oxidative stress has been studied in rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) and other inflammatory joint diseases to some extent, but its
importance in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has rarely been investigated...

"Oxidative stress damage in systemic lupus erythematosus "
"Premature onset of atherogenesis"

Detection of Catalase as a major protein target of the lipid
peroxidation product 4-HNE and the lack of its genetic association as
a risk factor in SLE.
D'Souza A, Kurien BT, Rodgers R, Shenoi J, Kurono S, Matsumoto H,
Hensley K, Nath SK, Scofield RH

BMC Med Genet 2008 Jul 7; 9(1):62.

ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial
disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies. We and
others have implicated free radical mediated peroxidative damage...