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@erin, have you taken a fluoroquinolone antibiotic in the last few months? They can cause immediate or delayed pain and tears to tendons, muscles, cartilage etc, especially if an area was already injured or weakened.

In case this is helpful for anyone, I cannot tolerate Methyl B-12 or M-Folate in any dose (and my B-12 was super low on blood tests plus I was anemic). I finally found a sublingual/lozenge form of Hydroxo B-12/ Folinic Acid (by "Seeking Health") and it works great. I tolerate it with no side...

@Jonathan Edwards Could total IgM be raised in other autoimmune conditions besides RA and lupus? Also, is electrophoresis a blood test or some other kind of test? Is it a marker of potential lymphoma or other illnesses, too? I have had elevated total IgM for a few years (even before I...

@Sue Klaus 1) My understanding (which could be totally wrong!) is that it is not proliferative B cells, or an abnormal number of B cells, vs. B cells creating pathogenic auto-antibodies and Ritux stops the auto-abs at production level. 2) I don't think dialysis would be diagnostically helpful...

Thanks Val and Skippa and I am happy to copy my review of Unrest to our new board. I should get to it over the weekend. Would you want me to start a new thread for this or put my review in this thread?

@Jonathan Edwards What might it mean for someone to consistently have elevated IgM and is this concerning?

I had a friend do this training and they instructed her to break contact with friends IRL and on the internet who were sick or were perpetuating her illness beliefs so she broke contact with several of us including me. She told us in advance what she had been taught and why she was breaking...

@ Skippa is it okay to copy the review that I wrote on the other site to here? I'll have to wait and do it from my home computer vs. phone.

How do you find the "Library" and is it articles that anyone can read? Sorry for another :banghead: question!

@Lidia, Are you asking what the IgG blood tests can measure or what IVIG can be used to treat? Also you mentioned allergy and my doctor measures that with IgE (separate from MCAS testing).

Oh, I'm sorry and must not have read the thread carefully enough and thought you were referring to that K-PAX trial. Yes, I was going to try Northera (Droxidopa) but never did b/c they wanted to start me on a very rigid schedule, combined with the fact that the medication had four food dyes...

Hi @Valentijn and everyone! I had some trouble last weekend when I tried to join this new board and it would let me read but not reply to posts, post a new thread, or write a PM. Then I had my Rituximab infusion last week and didn't get a chance to try again until tonight but now it is...