Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hello, I'm new to the group as of this morning. I was recently diagnosed with RA. In addition I have Sjogren's Syndrome, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Fibro, COPD and possibly Lupus (no positive blood test yet, though the doc thinks I have it). The doc wants to put me on Enbrel. I have applied to get Medicare to pay for it. Can't possibly afford it otherwise. He was thinking of giving me Methotrexate, but because of the PBC (autoimmune liver disease) he is concerned about the effects on my liver. Currently I take Plaquenil, Prednisone and Darvocet. I am 53, married for 34 years and have one daughter. I live in North Texas in the country and have many animals (9 dogs and a bunch of farm critters). Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Nina, welcome to the group. I work in Dallas and live east of Dallas. Looking forward to getting to know you! Jane --- In , " Nina " <ncampbell@t...> wrote: > > Hello, I'm new to the group as of this morning. I was recently diagnosed > with RA. In addition I have Sjogren's Syndrome, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, > Fibro, COPD and possibly Lupus (no positive blood test yet, though the doc > thinks I have it). > > The doc wants to put me on Enbrel. I have applied to get Medicare to pay > for it. Can't possibly afford it otherwise. He was thinking of giving me > Methotrexate, but because of the PBC (autoimmune liver disease) he is > concerned about the effects on my liver. Currently I take Plaquenil, > Prednisone and Darvocet. > > I am 53, married for 34 years and have one daughter. I live in North Texas > in the country and have many animals (9 dogs and a bunch of farm critters). > > Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis W > I'd certainly like to know how she got the Enbrel from the manufacturer. I've looked for ways, but haven't found any. It would certainly be a blessing for a few of us. My doctor told me that if Medicare wouldn't pay for it, there were other ways to get it. If it comes to that, I'll let you know what I find out. You couldn't get Medicare to pay for yours? Have you checked here: http://www.needymeds.com/indices/brandname.shtml#E It lists Enbrel. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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