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- so i'm starting xeljanz today or tomorrow. i'm a little nervous about side effects. they look to be pretty standard for RA medications. has anybody had any experience with side effects that interfered with daily life? thanks in advance :)
- but it's hard to tell. i try to think about where my pain was with my wrists, the first joints really involved, and remember how much it hurt to type. but then i really focus on my wrists, and they do still hurt a lot. i think about how my hips...
- my rheumy sent my script for xeljanz to the pharma they use. then i went on vacation and didn't call them back. then i called them back and they were like, you'll have to fill it through optumRx. and then optumRx actually APPROVED my...
- who uses them? i'm starting xeljanz soon (damn insurance companies) and am planning on taking precautions. i had cellulitis when on enbrel and a raging upper respiratory infection on humira. i'd prefer to not have a repeat.if anyone does use...
- dh and i are going to disney for our 10th anniversary. we leave this saturday for a week at the happiest place on earth. i'm very excited :Di was planning on renting a scooter for the length of the trip, but dh wanted to push me in a wheelchair. ...
- so this rheumy did test for lyme - and i'm negative. based on all the info she has, we're sticking with the diagnosis of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. she said it still could be psoriatic arthritis (some family history of psoriasis) but that...
- has anyone who has been having trouble with treatment researched/been tested for lyme disease? my bestie was treated for it about a year ago and recently we were rehashing some of my treatment failures and symptoms since i've started with a new...
- i don't go back to the rheumy until 9/17 but i had all my ultrasounds last friday. they did imaging of my ankles and the tops of my feet, wrists, hands and fingers, and shoulders. the tech did my hands/wrists/fingers and then the doctor came in to...
- i've stayed in the same practice but since my old rheumy moved out of state, i saw a new rheumy for the first time on thursday. she asked some of the same questions, asked how i'd felt on mtx, enbrel, and humira, and i made sure to point out my...
- i broke 9,000 steps yesterday! i couldn't believe it. i did 1.7 miles in one stretch early in the morning, but then we ended up going out for the day for dh's birthday. we met his family for lunch (cheesecake factory, let me tell you it was NOT...
- long time, no read.i've been a bit busy. work and life. i got a fitbit and am working toward 10,000 steps a day. so far my high is about 7200 and my average is around 5500. i'm also trying to add early morning yoga to my routine at least once a...
- it went very well. i let the acupuncturist know that i had ra and my hips, wrists/fingers, and shoulders were bothering me a lot. she poked around and felt my pulses and energy and said she felt my liver was sluggish. which i found...
- so i'm not currently on any medications. i'm occasionally taking advil, and by 'occasionally' i mean maybe three or four times a week. i'm realizing that being med-free isn't really any more painful or anything than being on mtx and enbrel or mtx...
- i know, i know. there's probably still damage happening. i tell people that all the time. but i'm surviving. i barely even take advil.i have a pretty high tolerance for this kind of pain. i've had numerous car accidents with numerous back...
- some of you may remember when i was very excited to start aquafit pool aerobics. but i was terrified of the germs in the pool at the gym. within a couple of weeks after starting aquafit, i developed odd patches behind my ears, down toward my neck....