A friendly, info note on Lupus and certain medicines

Note by Hunter Bear:

[Normally we would restrict this to our little [15] Lupus list -- most of
whom do not have Lupus.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LupusDiscussion_Posts/
On the other hand, I do wish to thank all
of my well-wishers, as well as to continue my broadening of an
awareness of the often deadly and complex nature of Lupus,
especially in its extreme version of SLE [which afflicts me.]

Dear:

We're open to discussion of all reasonable approaches in our Lupus fight.
I think that each person has to determine for himself/herself what's
the best approach -- or combination. For months in my case, a great
many people have been involved in supportive prayer  and just good
thoughts -- and this involves a  very large number of Indian people of
many nations as well as many non-Indians.  A prominent national
leader of the Native American Church has  offered -- at any point I wish --
to  make arrangements with its nearby Fort Hall reservation congregation
for a night long peyote ceremony. We much appreciate all of these things.
We certainly appreciate your insights.

I am taking about 15 medicines per day -- including prednisone.

I operate to a large extent on intuition as well as logic.  Intuition and
logic each
warn me against becoming involved with immune-destroying chemo drugs.
Prednisone, in conjunction with SLE, gave me almost immediate diabetes.  I
can handle that.  But I have no reason to believe that the chemo
approaches -- in my case where my immunity is really shot to Hell but
perhaps not right now permanently destroyed -- would not give me cancer.

Frankly, I think they -- methotrexate and/or imuran -- would give me cancer.

Lupus obviously has a thousand faces -- more than Lon Chaney.

What's sauce for me is not necessarily sauce for thee!

All best - Hunter Bear

HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR]
www.hunterbear.org

When you cut to the bone  and cut away the college degrees, academic and
other titles, published books and articles, ours is essentially a working
class and Indian family.  We consistently join unions  -- and we always
support them with the greatest vigor.


It's critical to always keep fighting -- and to always remember that, if one
lives with grace, he/she should be prepared to die with grace.













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