Re: Sesamoiditis / Results of Bone Scan / Simponi

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Sorry to hear about your foot. Hope it improves soon. I've had 3 shots of simponi thus far. I'm off my methotrexate because I had major abdominal surgery end of January and got a nasty UTI. Without the methotrexate, my simponi is not working as well. The simponi was working well in tandem with the methotrexate, at least as well as the orencia I was on without the side effects. Humira never did work for me. Enbrel worked spectacularly for me until I seemed to get 'immune' to it. I was on Enbrel before the Humira, then when Humira failed went to Orencia and now Simponi. Let me know if I can answer any further questions. ----- Original Message -----From: kathy_d87 <kathy_d87@...>Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010 21:22Subject: Sesamoiditis / Results of Bone Scan / SimponiRheumatoid Arthritis > Hello everyone -> > It's been a while since I posted, but I'll give you the > scoop. As usual, weird stuff always happens to me. > Last Tuesday night, I had a severe pain and swelling under the > bottom of my left foot/big toe/ball of my foot to the point I > could not put any weight on my left foot. I rubbed down > with Aspercreme before I went to bed. The next morning, I > was in pain and made an appointment with the doctor. My > PCP was out so I saw one of his colleagues who promptly > diagnosed me with gout, gave me a cortizone dose pack and > vicodin. He took x-rays and blood. The x-rays came > back normal. Mine you my toe was not swollen or hurting.> > The dose pack reduced the swelling and some of the pain, but I > was still in pain and hobbling along in tennis shoes. The > vicodin did nothing for the pain. Monday the PCP nurse > called and said my blood test were also negative. So I > called my Rheumy and saw his PA this past Thursday. I told > her I don't think I have gout but rather sesamoiditis based on > the symptoms. She does a physical exam and concurs with my > thoughts; gave me another cortizone shot and dose pack > prescription and tells me to drop the vicodin. She says > gout would have been at the bottom of her diagnosis list. > And that I'll probably injured my foot and didnt' realize it--> this will probably pop up from time to time. She also said > firmly that any time I have any type of pain--joint or muscular > to come to their office and not the PCP.> > While at the appointment, she gave me my January bone scan > results. Basically, the RA "hot spots" were my hands, > shoulders, hips, and left knee.> > The rheumy has started me on Simponi. I take my first shot > in the office this week.> > If anyone has an opinion on Simponi, feel free to let me know > what you think of it--good, bad, or indifferent. So far > I've failed Methotrexate, Humira, and Enbrel. So what the hey?> > K> >