Rest vs activity...I’m also having considerable pain at rest (gave in and took steroids last night so today is a little better)....Reactions 0 reactions Comments9 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementTips & Advice
Newly Diagnosed ...I am scared of the steroids, I am scared of this disease. Even though I've know something is happening to me, I didn't expect RA....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Update - frustrating Healthcare system...My flare was temporarily dampened by the steroids but ramping back up....Reactions 0 reactions Comments10 repliesHealthcare TeamFlares & Flare Management
Are there rheumatologists that have experience in oncology or treating cancer patients?...Seeking a new treatment option I would like to find a treatment for RA other than ibuprofen and steroids that doesn't have a black box warning of "rare...Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 replies
Simponi without Methotrexate vs Humira or Enbrel...He had tremendous improvement but as dr weaned him off steroids pain returned with inflammation....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Slightly worried...medication for her RA just yet (as shes on numerous other medications for her heart, liver and asthma and diabetes), do you think if she starts taking the steroids...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesSymptoms
Fired by my rheumatologist ...I went into my rheumatologist office today and she basically said she is confused that Steroids don’t work and she handed me a pamphlet about Fibromyalgia...Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Questions about possible RA...When I take about 60mg of my steroids it helps with the pain and swelling some but not much....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesSymptoms
Swollen knee and sausage finger ...had no effect also took blood but test came back clear. 29th of January another gp gave me 5 days of DELTACORTRIL and pantopazole but only could take steroids...Reactions 0 reactions Comments29 repliesDiagnosis
Waiting to start treatment and managing flare...year i don't know whats happened but i have been diagnosed with ceoliacs, had pneumonia and plueresy for literally months, my chest pain stopped after steroids...Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 repliesSymptoms
Are my expectations for pain relief too high?...I found another Rheumatologist who diagnosed the RA, started me on steroids and methotrexate....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesCopingHealthcare Team
RA and COVID vaccine...Seeing how I am not on any meds and having only 1 kidney and can’t go on steroids I’m worried about getting the shot and what it might do...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesCopingFlares & Flare ManagementSide Effects
Switching from Cimzia to Enbrel ...In June I started having increasing flairs, needing steroids and adding back in and now maxing out my sulfasalazine....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementBiologic Medication
Aggressive treatment for mild disease?...X-rays 5 years ago and now show the same amount of barely noticeable erosion on my ulnar styloid process....Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesBiologic MedicationProgressionSeronegative RA
Hand ultrasound help!...No erosion of ulnar styloid bilaterally....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesDiagnosisSymptoms
My hand and other limbs are swollen and I have no idea what might be the cause....- 0,1% (where max accepted range is 0,4%) Leukocytes - 14,8/µl Currently, I take medications such as Methotrexate, Methylprednisolone, and other Non-steroidal...Reactions 0 reactions Comments16 replies
Rituxan...Today’s exam started with noting my face is beginning to puff up from steroids and acknowledging my complaint about my weight....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesBiologic Medication
Orencia IV treatment...It means the difference between whether I can get up out of bed, and walk with a cane, or be bedridden, and killing myself on high doses of steroids...Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesTreatment
Advice on First Flare...My rheumatologist put me on 5mg of steroids for 5 days to see if it helped while my more RA specific labs came back. That made no impact....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Holistic Doctor...Within the past month, her "remedy" has enabled me to get off of my steroidal eye drops that I have been on since I was 4 years old....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies