A Hard Choice, quitting the drugs

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Hi Group:

I've been fairly sick of late, to rehash a bit: I am convinced the Enbrel has

caused me blood clots in my chest, which caused me to start Coumadin Therapy,

which makes me sick as a dog, so I Quit this week, minimized the drugs, its just

too " mucking fuch " people!!.

I am not ungrateful to Enbrel, thought it was a god-send...but it has a nasty

bite.....maybe it put into enuf of remish for me to continue on. We will see.

I am tapering off of Prednisone (down to 4mgs) and am keeping the Methotrexate

to see how I fare.

I cant look at all these pills anymore folks, I end up taking like 10-15 a day

depending, its crazy, I cant swallow them anymore, I cant tolerate them, I am

tired of vomiting, retching, queasiness, constipation, diarrhea, not being able

to eat my beloved green anything, bleeding. Then the needles....Enuf is enuf.

They are toxic. RA Hurts, flares burn, I do worry about my heart with RA, but

this " alternative " is just as bad.

Conversations like these need to be had, because there HAS to be another way.

Ayurvedic, Alternative Medicines, Gluten-free diet, mild exercise

walking/swimming, mind strenthening exercises for mental fortitude. I know its

different for everyone. I know RA can be crippling too, that is why I am going

to try to keep the Methotrexate and only use Prednisone when needed. I only

have RA for a about 4 years, i went for a long time before I seeked out

treatment too.

I thank God I escaped unscathed from Lymphoma and a heart attack, and I think my

internal organs are having a party now that I am dropping the TOXIC Sludge, I

hope my adrenal glands survived the Prednisone, so far, my bones did before they

became swiss cheese.

OKD