Guest guest Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Good morning I have been taking Arava and Enbrel injections for a few years now, but things aren't going well for me so my rheumatologist is switching me to Remicade infusions. I know some of you are on it, so I'm hoping to get some information about it. How long do you go for? How often do you go? Are you sitting in a comfortable chair? How do you feel after the infusion? Also, if anyone has any advice about a newbie starting Remicade that would be great. Thanks to all, , 32 from WA state Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2010, at 8:06, dgd301@... wrote: > I had my Remicade infusion on Tuesday -- also got a flu shot and a > cortisone shot in my right thumb. He ordered complete bloodwork and we did a xray > of my left hip. A cortisone shot in that hip is in my near future. > > The bloodwork came back yesterday. Liver good, kidneys good, RDW is > slightly high. 15.2 -- should be between 11 and 15. I don't know if this is > related to RA or one of my other problems. > > CRP is 1.6. Normal is between 0 and .9. > > He wrote " slight inflammation, stable. Would like it to be zero, but you're > on fairly maximal therapy. " > > I do feel pretty well since I started taking an anti-thyroid medication, > although I'm fatigued today. I've decided to walk our beagle a half mile each > morning, no matter what. We used to walk much longer than that, but I > pretty much quit walking when I first got RA. So I'm working my way up. I can > easily talk myself into a half mile. We haven't been rained out yet -- we've > gone almost a month without missing a day. I can mall-walk when the > weather is bad, but " no dogs allowed. " > > dd > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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