Re: enbrel question

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:34:35 GMT, "Harvey R. Stone"
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On Nov 3, 7:28 pm, "d'huit" <threeceda...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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i got a major cold a few weeks ago which I am just recovering from. I
actually missed my family's gathering for my dad's memorial in
phoenix. It took me longer to get over this than I thought it
should. I actually send almost a week in bed and than another week
getting exhausted walking up the stairs to my bedroom. I have felt
tired but not too tired to hold a book or answer the phone. So , i
have not had an enbrel shot for 3 weeks (I take it once a week and I
was due the day i got sick). Every joint in my body hurts in ways
they haven't hurt for three years. I have been off enbrel for three
weeks before and not even noticed much difference.

So here's the question: i have talked with three o ther people who
got this uper respiratory thing I had and they have all had joint
issues and non of them have arthritis. All of them had joint pain
after the worst of the cold was gone. That indicated to me that my
joint issues might still be an active viral infection. If that's the
case, i don't want to do enbrel for a week or so longer....however,
what if it's not and it's just lack of enbrel that is causing the
joint problems.

I am too tired to have a sense of what I should do.. but I held that
enbrel shot in my hand today and it didn't seem like the right thing
to do so I put it back in the fridge. Any suggestions?

m

hi sweetie! i sure hope you feel better soon. it sounds like it's been
a
physically miserable 3 weeks for you. (((((((((((((((((((missy
m))))))))))))))

question -- how long did your doctor, or your friend the doctor, tell you
this particular virus would last/remain active?

if you haven't seen a doctor, then my suggestion would be to call your
friend, the doctor, and see what he understands this virus' recovery time
is; how long it remains active. that would give you a better source of
information.

or, if he's not available-- if you are absolutely certain this is the
exact
same virus, how long did the recovery time take for the 3 others who were
not arthritics? how long did their joint pain last until it was gone,
after getting over the worst of it?

i'm guessing -- the virus might not still be in active mode, but the
joint
pain might be a residual from the dying/dead virus still being processed,
absorbed by your immune system.

i'm thinking, if your recovery time was longer than the other 3 people,
then
maybe your virus might have been complicated with some other thing, too.

my sense is telling me -- you shouldn't be this bad off after 3 weeks,
sweetie. i think you should be on an upwards swing, maybe not
joint-wise,
but this level of fatigue has me very concerned. ah, but i just
remembered
you also have fms to contend with. so, maybe that's part of what's going
on, too.

i'm not much help, i'm afraid, but i hope i pointed you in a direction
that
works for you, sweetie.

kate

Hi Kate,
I actually don't have FMS. Adrenal exhaustion for sure. Until my
post 9/11 thing, i don't think I have ever been tired for more than a
day or two-even that resolved after a while. So in doing some
research, I probably recovered as fast if not faster, than the other
people who have had this thing as far as upper respirtory goes (but
then again, I treated myself every day and took chinese herbs by the
gallons and injected thymus). I think you are probably right residual
virus die off. However, after I used Jo's criteria, I am going to
wait a week, keep going with the anti-viral herbs andI'll do enbrel
next week. I am just so weired out by this whole year. I really need
a good healthy body!

m


The fatigue for you is much like the fatigue I had which sent me to the
doctor for x rays. You could have a problem with your lungs that needs
attention.
Those viruses are harder on us than a person thinks. As great as Enbrel is
for inflam.arth.,,,,, sometimes it is not a friend to our lungs or sinuses.
Good luck with it and please do not let things get much worse.
Harv

I agree Harv. It sounds like I was feeling before I had congestive
heart failure. It might be a lung thing. I thought I had a
respiratory virus until I started to drown.
Thumper
.

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