Update

[Guest guest]

So my doctor decided that Remicade is not working for me at all, the flare has

continued on and at this point its not worth it to hope that the Remicade will

kick in because its leaving me at risk for damage. So I will be starting Humira.

I am not to happy about starting another shot medication, but if it means

feeling better then I will give it a try. I wont be able to start it this week

because I have some sort of infection going on in my tonsils (tonsil swabbie

thing still pending.. its not strep.. but what is it? they dont know)..so until

my tonsils clear up I'm not allowed to start the humira. Hopefully this will be

the answer to my problems.. i've been in this flare for a few months now.. and i

would love to be feeling good again..

My mom finally has an official diagnosis she has stage IV large cell lung

cancer.. its so important if anyone still smokes to please stop now. My mom

hasn't smoked in eight years and yet she still ended up with cancer, please try

your hardest to prevent this by not smoking. It has been devestating watching

this all happen. She is still in the hospital but should be coming home sometime

this week. She began radiation on her brain and lungs (the brain has metestatic

lung cancer on it) and she will do chemotherapy once the radiation ends.. She

has a long hard fight ahead of her.. and statistics are not in her favor.. but

she is going to fight like hell! Thank you to everyone who has been keeping my

mom in their prayers and thoughts.. she has already made more strides then they

expected (she is going to leave the hospital a week before they thought she

would be able to) and if you could continue to keep her in your prayers or

thoughts that would be very appreciated.

Lots of Love

(JAS, 21)