I had my medical eval today for Abatacept study

[Guest guest]

I want to thank everyone that provided me with information regarding

the decisions my rheumy gave me for Humira, Remicade or the

Abatacept drug study, ever since the Enbrel stopped working for me.

I chose to go with the Abatacept, and today, I went for the

physicall/eval that they do to make sure you qualify for the study.

They said I will get the results back from the company doing this

within a week and they don't see any reason why I wouldn't be

accepted. I should then be able to get my first infusion within a

week of that.

My Rheumy now has a website also: http://www.dmandelmd.com/ he is

very involved in various research studies, you can see information

where they are looking for participants now at this link

http://www.dmandelmd.com/studies.html if you are in the Cleveland

area and are not happy with your rheumy, you may want to check my

guy out.

If you check out some of his links, he has information on the role

of a rheumatologist and how to prepare for your dr. appointment. I

know these questions are asked frequently on this list by new people

that join.

I will keep you all posted. With any luck, I will have that first

infusion of abatacept within 2 weeks.

Miriam