Rarely am I ever reluctant to discuss any topic related to rheumatoid arthritis here on my blog, but today’s post is the exception. It’s not that I am ashamed of what I am going to write about, it’s just that even though the words that I write here are often very personal in nature, I [...]
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Okay, so I’m a 37 year old man who got over my fear of shots a long long time ago.
Sure, I still remember, as a young child, being in the doctor’s office with my mother, and immediately bawling upon any mention of a needle or an injection.
But other that those few years early on, I [...]
Taper Update
As many of you may already know, I’ve been on 20mg+ of Prednisone for the past few months. I previously tried to taper off many times, but the results were always the same: a major flare-up, followed by another increase in my Prednisone dosage.
A few weeks ago I started another taper, this time determined that [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has a script for a new movie. Desperate to find a cure for his chronic pain and debilitating information, he creates a time travel machine out of an old DeLorean in order to jump half a century into the future. Of course they’ll have developed more effective and less expensive medicines some [...]
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Love-hate relationships are never good, especially when dependency is involved. They are even worse when one is talking about drugs. Last night, before going to sleep, I shared news about today’s impending reduction of my “drug of choice”. The numerous replies that I received let me know that I was not alone. (To everyone who [...]
Simponi Injectible Pens Recalled
Some injection devices for this biologic medicine are found defective, but many, maybe all, have not yet reached consumers.
2/22/11 Nearly 900 injectable pens containing the biologic drug Simponi are being recalled in the U.S. because a defect in the delivery device may prevent the administration of a full dose of the medication – a TNF-alpha [...]
Today has been an even rougher day than my past few days, if you can imagine that.
My left leg is seizing up every third step, and I’m unable to place it in anything resembling a normal position. I can barely get around, and when I do I’m completely out of breath. I’ve developed a severe [...]
I went to see my rheumatologist earlier this evening. Some of the good things about where I live is that not only am I guaranteed a same-day appointment whenever I call, but my doctors also give me both their cell phone number and their home phone number. (Amazing, isn’t it?)
As soon as I reached the [...]
