Hey Megan,

Great job on the running and controlling the disease with NSD. My body is feeling great. I had a really sore wrist and upper arms and feet and they are all 95% perfect within 2 days of the shot. My back started hurting between my shoulder blades and that was "new" but tonight at the Easter Picnic my brother in law the Chiropractor adjusted it and about 25 pops let loose and it feels soooooooo much better now. (He had a hard time adjusting me prior to Enbrel, it seems to stiff and like the joints didn't want to move) Also prior to Enbrel I couldn't raise up my arms. It had been that way since Oct. 2006 (2 1/2 years) and now I can raise them up with just a little tightness but overall pretty darn good!! At my Dx appt. my doc ultrasounded the ligaments in my arms when they couldn't raise up and he saw that my bicepital(sp?) tendons were encased in inflammatory fluid. They were being pinched off. I had to move everthing in my kitchen down to the lower shelves in the last few months. Annoying.

I erupted a new cold sore 2 days post enbrel, which sort of makes sense since it is a immune suppresor, and had some depression, but other than that I am impressed. I hope it works for a LONG LONG time!!

Take Care,
Donette