Re: Enbrel Week Three

I don't hate to say I told you so, Jo. Hoping that it continues to work
its wonders on you.

I'm off my Enbrel this week due to trying to heal leg ulcers and I am
one hurtin' puppy! The leg's looking lots better and I don't have any
bacteria left in this old bod....so looking forward to getting shot on
Wednesday.

When I first started Enbrel I couldn't imagine wanting injections...but
you now know why I do. Good luck, Jo!

Hugs from Rosie

"Jofirey" <jofirey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7e5ukqF2eilb3U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This stuff is so great.

I'm still not sleeping well, but that should improve once I get the rest
of the way off my prednisone. I missed a pred dose earlier this week and
my sore finger did not swell up to complain like it usually does.

I can even imagine a point in the future when I can start to cut back on
my sleeping pills. The main reason for them was it hurt to lie still long
enough to go to sleep and the only painkillers I can tolerate work as a
stimulant for me.

Biggest problem now after the third shot is really just a matter of being
so out of condition from doing as little as possible for longer than I
realized.

It is such a slippery hill down and you don't quite realize you are doing
it. Also its not like you have all that much of a choice. When it hurts
to move, you quit moving any more than you absolutely have to. Guess its
a good thing that it also hurt to lie still for too long or to sit in one
place for too long.

So I still have stiff and or wobbly joints and figure I always will. But I
don't constantly hurt anymore. I haven't taken a pain pill since I took
the first shot.

Oh, and I'm dreaming again. At least much more so than I have for quite
some time.

Jo




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