Thank you Alison for sending me some links related to arthritis. To answer your question, for many years I suffered, tried many drug combinations and a few surgeries,with not much sucess until 4 years ago, my rheumatologist said we needed to get more aggressive. He began remicade infusions every six weeks, with methotrexate,arava, and a anti inflammatory,I am currently under the same treatment and I am doing much better than I was before,except that my ankles have been damaged and I will be receiving ankle fusions. The hardest part of the disease is, years ago I was in constant daily pain, when my children were younger. It made everything I did difficult.I do wish many years ago these drugs had come around, and so many people like myself wouldnt have had to suffer so much. What brought you to this website? I would like to hear your experiences as well.
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Thank you Alison for sending me some links related to arthritis. To answer your question, for many years I suffered, tried many drug combinations and a few surgeries,with not much sucess until 4 years ago, my rheumatologist said we needed to get more aggressive. He began remicade infusions every six weeks, with methotrexate,arava, and a anti inflammatory,I am currently under the same treatment and I am doing much better than I was before,except that my ankles have been damaged and I will be receiving ankle fusions. The hardest part of the disease is, years ago I was in constant daily pain, when my children were younger. It made everything I did difficult.I do wish many years ago these drugs had come around, and so many people like myself wouldnt have had to suffer so much. What brought you to this website? I would like to hear your experiences as well.
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