stephgas

I read all of the horrible things you all are going through and sometimes I feel bad. I will forever be thankful for finding this board - when I was seeing doctors basically telling me I was crazy,...

so the day for my first rheumatologist appoint with the new doctor, first rheumy appointment since september of 2013, and they cancelled because we had a storm and the office lost power. i've called...

i had to use an online calculator to figure that out. 846 days since my RD diagnosis.i haven't been to a rheumatologist since summer of 2014, so like a year and a half. i'm going back next monday...

it's been a while since i wrote, but i've been busy.  work, interning, cats.  my cat piglet had to have major dental surgery and is in kidney failure.  we've tried going the holistic route and...

yup.i've been off all rheumatoid disease-related meds for... three and a half weeks.  it's been four weeks since i took enbrel.  and i still haven't started humira yet.  number one i don't have...

that's a nice round number.  i like it.  it's my birthday today.  which is nice but i'm kind of sick still.  at least i'm nowhere NEAR as sick as i was last week.  no big plans tonight, possibly...

yep, i'm still counting the days.  why not?i've been on methotrexate since september when i was diagnosed.  i started with 6 pills, within two months i was on 8 pills.  within three months of...

working hard to stay positive.  i've had a bit of personal turmoil, i talk about it on my blog but really don't feel like getting too far into it again here....

just took my 8th injection of enbrel last night. that's two months in. i'm going to be on it for another 5 weeks minimum. so that will be 13 weeks, three months. and most literature/nurses/doctors...

it's been over 100 days since my rd diagnosis.  this week has been bad.  my ankles, feet, wrists, and hands are not doing well.  i'm trying to stay positive.  the snow isn't helping, i'm sure....

i am struggling.  just with everything.  i'm starting to fixate on my weight and thinking i have an eating disorder.  it's like i can't help what i eat or when i eat it.  yesterday i ate so much:...

the day started out good - relaxing morning with cartoons and my husband.  went to do some laundry, ran to the store, started feeling off.  really foggy, sad, like vertigo.  i took a nap and work...

i've had a heck of a week.i still am unable to get my rheumy's office and the specialty pharma on the same page.  luckily, at the eleventh hour, i decided to call aetna and verify the info.  i was...

i seem to be better at determining when i've reached my last spoon for the day.  the biggest problem is trying to get my husband to cooperate.  we had a rough holiday between trying to go to...

it's been a week and a half since i started enbrel.  the rheumy sent me home with three week's worth of auto inject pens, which i don't love, but at least i was able to start right away.  i've...