17th September 2007
Gen79
No, I'm not on pur-bloka (don't know what it is).
She has me on Enbrel & Arava for the Rheumatoid. Real bad things happened with being on the Enbrel in April this year. It's very highly sun sensitive on a 60 degree cloudy day & I was even using 40 sunblock. I was plant flowers for about 5 hrs. 6 hrs later I had bumps & a bad rash all over the sun exposed parts of my arms & neck & itched to high heaven. Later I was told that that could have been life threatening for me had than been a a little warmer day. So I went off it for the summer & suffered emmencely.
I have only been on Prednisone 4-5 times and only 4-6 wks at a time in the last 18 mo. My Rheumatologist wouldn't allow me to be on it longer than that & only at high flare times. Don't know if it's because of my age or what. (I'm 46) This is what I meant about watching your weight on it. When I took it, gosh it was WONDERFUL to not be in so much pain, like heaven itself. I would be good the first few weeks then boy did my apetite start increasing & the pounds came on! I'm learning so much from you all.
No, I'm not on pur-bloka (don't know what it is).
She has me on Enbrel & Arava for the Rheumatoid. Real bad things happened with being on the Enbrel in April this year. It's very highly sun sensitive on a 60 degree cloudy day & I was even using 40 sunblock. I was plant flowers for about 5 hrs. 6 hrs later I had bumps & a bad rash all over the sun exposed parts of my arms & neck & itched to high heaven. Later I was told that that could have been life threatening for me had than been a a little warmer day. So I went off it for the summer & suffered emmencely.
I have only been on Prednisone 4-5 times and only 4-6 wks at a time in the last 18 mo. My Rheumatologist wouldn't allow me to be on it longer than that & only at high flare times. Don't know if it's because of my age or what. (I'm 46) This is what I meant about watching your weight on it. When I took it, gosh it was WONDERFUL to not be in so much pain, like heaven itself. I would be good the first few weeks then boy did my apetite start increasing & the pounds came on! I'm learning so much from you all.