Just an update-
I had my 4th Enbrel shot on Sunday, have a bruise and a reddish ring surrounding it at the injection site- this is new. It doesn't hurt or itch, in fact I didn't even know I had it until I noticed it in the shower. LOL
The Enbrel is still helping with the fatigue- I noticed and increase in energy slowly from Monday up until today- Today I actually feel better than I have since starting the shots. I spoke with my doc on Monday and he has me taking 2 tramadol every 3 hours (limit 8 per day) because I am still having breakthrough pain and sharp focused pain in some places that I haven't had pain before. This new schedule seems to be helping- no breakthrough today. This is a temp solution- I have an appointment on Dec 8 and we will look at some other options. He stated that maybe Enbrel was not the drug for me. That does give me a couple more weeks to see how everything is going.
All in all- I still am surprised at being able to feel some benefit from the Enbrel so quickly. ( I would love to be able to have a second shot on Thursdays! Seems like that would help)
I definitely can now tell when the Enbrel kicks in and the inflamation goes down and when it wears off and the inflamation goes back up.
Join us next week- same bat time, same bat channel!
Thanks for the encouragement! You guys rock!
Anna
