Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 just a quick update: saw rheumy today, he incresed my demon pills (MTX) to 20 mg weekly and added phenergan (thankfully) Extended my disability through 4/30/11 but I will see him the week before that to discuss returning to work at that time. He says we are still on track to start Kineret in 3 weeks, but he has decided to keep me on MTX as well while on the kineret since my joint pain has been getting worse. He is still confident that the kineret will stop the daily fevers (I can't wait for them to go away) he decided to not do labs today since my pcp did labs 2 weeks ago and it included cbc and cmp. liver functions are fine and white count is still increasing (again he feels kineret is the answer for that) we discussed prednisone again and decided to hold off on going back that route until we see what the increased MTX will do with my joints. I had stopped all tylenol and had decreased ibuprofen to 200mg twice daily (used for fever control) when I started MTX but he told me today I can go back to ibuprofen 800 mg 4 times daily and tylenol 4 times daily as well to control my temps (thank God, because this is still my biggest problem) doctor says I still can not go to the NASCAR races at TMS next weekend (we are season ticket holders) and that is pretty hard to take but my entire family has decided not to go to show their support...so big BBQ at daddy's house with all the aunts,uncles and cousins there instead of hanging out in RVs in the infield we will watch it on a bigscreen on the patio.... go Jimmie go..... well that is all for now, hope everyone is having a good day hugs, Kimberlee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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