RE: so this one armed massage therapist walks into a room...

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That's horrible. Did name what you experienced?

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, ldydewinter04 <ldydewinter@...> wrote:

> I dont' have the rest of the joke, thank goodness.

> But my arms swelled up and turned purple yesterday and I ended up

> forever at my rheumy's office, taking down the swelling. The pain was

> horrible. They wanted to keep me overnight, but thankfully the

> swelling started to go down and they reluctantly let me go home. There

> wasn't anything bad like sepsis (they were suspecting sepsis), just a

> severe RA flare in my arms probably because I use them so much. If I

> had not gone, I might have lost my arms because the circulation was so

> compromised. They are back to normal(ish) today, but still very

> bruised. I look like I went boxing without the gloves!

> I've heard of this type of swelling with diabetics, but never with RA.

> It was scary. I don't have diabetes. My kidneys were not

> compromised. My liver panel was okay. It was just a freakish thing

> that seems to happen to lucky me.

> So I'm on a new-totally-different cocktail of meds soon. How many

> people take Orencia and how many take Retagade ( I think that is the

> name..I have pain pump so my memory is not so good right now) I have

> to decide bw the two today. Plus I have about $5k worth of Humira and

> MTX in my fridge that I dont' know what to do with now.

> KElly

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No name. At least, they didn't give me a name. My hands are all bruised

today and still slightly swollen. Which brings me to my question: Orencia

or Remicade? I was allergic to Humira. I am currently taking MTX twice a

week and Arava daily to the max dose for both. I'm also on prednisone which

is making me HORRIBLY depressed. Oh, and Cymbalta now. I need to decide by

Monday. Any pros or cons to either choice? I read and watched the

marketing package for both drugs. I got nothing from them. Real life

people, what's your thoughts?

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That's horrible. Did name what you experienced?

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I totally love Orencia.  I had no side affects at all.

 

Joyce

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Orencia did not work for me but I'm the poster child for 's

Law. In the infusion room where I get my treatments there are others

who are on Orencia and it is working great for them. The nurses in

charge of the infusion room have told me that I'm only the second one

they've seen that it isn't helping. If you choose Orencia the odds

are great that it Will work for you.

Dalanne

Cold windy EastCentral Illinois

--- In , " ldydewinter " <ldydewinter@...>

wrote:

>

> No name. At least, they didn't give me a name. My hands are all

bruised today and still slightly swollen. Which brings me to my

question: Orencia or Remicade? I was allergic to Humira. I am

currently taking MTX twice a week and Arava daily to the max dose

for both. I'm also on prednisone which is making me HORRIBLY

depressed. Oh, and Cymbalta now. I need to decide by Monday. Any

pros or cons to either choice? I read and watched the marketing

package for both drugs. I got nothing from them. Real life people,

what's your thoughts?

>

> ,

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> > I dont' have the rest of the joke, thank goodness.

> > But my arms swelled up and turned purple yesterday and I ended up

> > forever at my rheumy's office, taking down the swelling. The pain

was

> > horrible. They wanted to keep me overnight, but thankfully the

> > swelling started to go down and they reluctantly let me go home.

There

> > wasn't anything bad like sepsis (they were suspecting sepsis), just

a

> > severe RA flare in my arms probably because I use them so much. If I

> > had not gone, I might have lost my arms because the circulation was

so

> > compromised. They are back to normal(ish) today, but still very

> > bruised. I look like I went boxing without the gloves!

> > I've heard of this type of swelling with diabetics, but never with

RA.

> > It was scary. I don't have diabetes. My kidneys were not

> > compromised. My liver panel was okay. It was just a freakish thing

> > that seems to happen to lucky me.

> > So I'm on a new-totally-different cocktail of meds soon. How many

> > people take Orencia and how many take Retagade ( I think that is the

> > name..I have pain pump so my memory is not so good right now) I have

> > to decide bw the two today. Plus I have about $5k worth of Humira

and

> > MTX in my fridge that I dont' know what to do with now.

> > KElly

>

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Thanks for your input Dalanne!

I'm glad I'm not in Normal Illinois today. It's bad enough here in

Nashville.

My rheumy also says she's only had one client who had an allergic reaction

to Orencia. I'm leaning towards it to be honest. I'm usually 's Law

too. But Orencia's numbers look pretty good. I don't know why it took

three treatments of Humira before I had hives. Usually if I'm going to have

an allergic reaction, it's pretty quick.

Orencia did not work for me but I'm the poster child for 's

Law. In the infusion room where I get my treatments there are others

who are on Orencia and it is working great for them. The nurses in

charge of the infusion room have told me that I'm only the second one

they've seen that it isn't helping. If you choose Orencia the odds

are great that it Will work for you.

Dalanne

Cold windy EastCentral Illinois

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