Trooper45yrs
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- Hi everyone! I have avoided joining this group for a long time because I thought it would be depressing. lol Ironic, huh? Sometimes, I can make light of my depression. I've battled it my entire life. The scary part is, I have seriously...
- I'm wondering if any of you who are on Enbrel (or any other such biological) exerience chills on an ongoing basis. My hunch is that it is the Enbrel causing them. I recently did have a urinalysis because my doc said that, sometimes, older women...
- Thanks to journeythru, Marlene J, linzsey, Katie, and WarriorGal for your responses to my post on episcleritis. Your experiences and insight are very helpful to me, too. Great discussion! On one other new thing, today, I received my results...
- Not sure if anyone is still here from a year ago, when I last posted. I've been in transition. In any event, I experienced something new, after having RA for 48 years. About a month and a half ago, I woke up with pain in my right eye. It was...
- Just curious if anyone else here on biologics is having the same issue as me with hair loss. I read that it only affects about 10% of users (lucky me)!In any event, I'm doing so well on Enbrel, I think I might try backing off on it a bit (every...
- Well, the timing couldnt have been worse. Last Saturday night, I had my usual weekly injection of Enbrel and that very night, I started to come down with the flu. I have been laid out since then, missing work the entire week, and only today, did I...
- I would normally want to share such news with my facebook friends, but they are clueless. None of them know what I live with, but all of you do, so I came here to tell you that I had a good day.I think the last time I had a good day was about a...
- Although I have been doing exceptionally well on Enbrel over the past year, I think it is worthwhile to mention that those of us with RA can never let our guard down in terms of what we do each day that might set off a flare. Regardless of how well...
- I see that Enbrel is now available in pre-filled syringes. I wish I had known that before I recently ordered my three month supply of the auto injectors. Those are mean! I thought I would mention a few things that have helped me with my...
- I think I've brought this up once before, but thought I'd mention it again to see if anyone else has heard about these from their RA docs.My doc mentioned to me that Biosimilars are in the pipeline and will really bring down the cost of...
- I just found this excellent article on hip bursitis. It says that RA is one of the causes of it, and way more women than men get it. Also, more middle aged or elderly people get it than younger people. Figures. I never even knew about it until...
- I took my granddaughter to a large historic property yesterday and we ended up walking way more than I ever intended. After a couple of hours (possibly more), I could barely walk anymore. I felt this terrible tightness on the outside of both of my...
- Does anybody else here wish that this forum was more like facebook, where we could respond to individual messages and even "like" what somebody says right on the spot? I feel that this experience here would be so much more therapeutic for all of us...
- My RA doc told me that these biosimilar drugs were coming, and I just heard a piece on public radio today about them. Here is a link to the short article about them: ...
- I was supposed to receive my Enbrel delivery today, but UPS is saying that my delivery has been delayed due to bad weather in KY. I may not get it until Monday or later! If I have to wait that long, it won't be cold any more and I will only be...