Humira, Enebrel

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I think I consistently Spell enebrel wrong.. I'll have to look again..

enbril enbrel sigh.....

I take the " e " one along with 7 little mtx pills every Saturday (well I do

the injection in the middle of the week, the pills on Saturday). I agree

with the slow inject suggestion but I'm actually finding mine stings less if

I only leave it out about 10 minutes.. hmmmm. I am one of the lucky ones

in that I've never had any swelling or redness post injection. The first

time I added the enbrel to my mtx it was seeming to really start helping..

then I had to discontinue it for a month and a half while I got over a chest

cold. :-( back to square one. I just hope it starts kicking in a bit

better again, at the moment I hurt.

I learned (this week) that the local senior center (sounds dreadful in one

sense but then again, it's one of the better ones in the country...the

Director is incredible) has a lot of different kinds of exercise classes

including Gentle Yoga, Beginning Tai Chi, PACE (which is people with

arthritis can exercise) and a few others. Difference with this and other

classes is that they only cost $2 a session.... Guess what I'm going to try

next month.

I think I've strained myself a bit.. my husband has been having some

depression problems and my mother, who is 88 now, was having a lot more

problems than I was aware of before I retired last month. I'm doing a lot

more for her than I would by choice for my self.. including picking her up

from the floor once when she'd slipped (she wasn't injured but couldn't get

up). So I Need the exercising for my fitness and sanity :-) We are

getting her a Live Alert system with that medalion you wear and a button you

can push.. that will give her, and me and my daughter much peace of mind.

Praying for all, love and blessings, Carla in RI