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Can't have one without the other

Kimberley97
Kimberley97
Well here I go again sick for the second time in 2.5 weeks keep loosing my voice again. Have RA nodules on my voicebox they don't like it when I get sick i have lost my voice up to 7 weeks before but usually 2-3 weeks. So I can look forward to solitary confinement. I have bronchitis with strider not fun. The thing is when I was on Humira I hardly got sick but I stayed in an almost constant flare. Now I'm on enbrwl and feel like its working for RA but its also workin on keeping me sick. Ugh. Remicade also worked for a long time and I was sick all the time. Why does it have to be one or the other oh how I wish I could just be well from both.
Dreamchaser-Linda
Dreamchaser-Linda
I swear by my vitamin C, 1000mg. I have only been sick 2 times in 7 years taking 4 different bios. And they were just mild colds that lasted a few days. I'm a little of a germ phobia since RA dx. I carry antibacterial sanitizer and use it often. Menus, grocery carts, ATM, gas pumps, elevator buttons, ewww endless places. I never pick up a menu, or use a catsup bottle thats on the table. lol pretty bad huh? They had a special on the worst places in a restaurant for germs, menus, tables and the chairs themselves was number one. I bet I grossed you out now. Lol

Get well! Hugs!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds like it may be working "too well" . . . Do you take another DMARD with it?
Kimberley97
Kimberley97
I also take methotrexate and prednisone
bluedogs2
bluedogs2
Good Morning Kimberly97

I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Mamabluedogs2 read your post and asked me if I could lose my voice - I said it's possible. She didn't say anything else. I wonder what she thought ....

Have a better day
Peace
Bluedogs2