What's Up with This?

I'll spare you the details. Enbrel is a great drug. It controlled my RA for 7 years. In the last year, however, my immune system's been saying "no". Three times, dammit! When that happens, I can't use my hands. No typing, no driving, no bike, no holding a pen, no steel pan music, no nothing if it is hand involved. It sucks. Prednisone: A miracle and a curse. It takes on the inflammation calms it down, but the side effects can be brutal, so it's not something to use for long periods. You other autoimmune disease warriors know all about Prednisone, right?

So now we're trying Humira, a drug similar to Enbrel, but maybe different enough to fool the wayward immune system. Watch out world, the Phoenix is flying back in...