Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Have you thought about seeing a foot specialist? I saw a podiatrist for foot pain. My symptoms started just as you described yours. I had planer fascitis. Its not RA. It was treated with orthotics for my shoes, PT, special exercises which I did at home, no bare foot walking and hot/cold therapy to my feet. It finally went away. If you have no foot specialist in your area maybe a orthopedic doc might be able to help you. I have been in Enbrel and its serious medicine not to mention very expensive. I would be hesitate to take it too if I did not have a definite diagnosis. I took Enbrel for about 9 months and it worked well to begin with...then as usual it stopped working and Methotrexate injections were added. I finally stopped them all on my own because of side effects I was experiencing. I took two Enbrel injections a week and one Methotrexate injection a week. Now enbrel has a pre-mixed once weekly injection or you can chose the older version that you have to mix, draw up and inject. Toni In a message dated 4/13/05 6:44:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, writes: Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:34:26 -0000 From: " remipain " <remipain@...> Subject: new to RA i'm 31....... i've been having pain in both my feet for the past one year.... It really started as nothing; very little pain in my feet when I first get up and it used to last for a minute or so. Now, I get real bad pain in the morning when I first put my feet on the floor out of bed that gets a little better in 10 to 15 mins , but i keep having pain on and off all day long.I do not have ANY joint swelling or redness. my lab tests all came back negative; One rheumathologist told me that I " MIGHT " have RA and wanted to place me on Enbrel; Another one said he is not sure what I might have, it could be RA, but he did not want me to be on enbrel because I do not have any joint swelling and no evidence of synovitis. I'm not sure what to do ; but one thing for sure: I'm real scared as to what is awaiting me. Anyone who had experience with Enbrel? thanx a million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Have you thought about seeing a foot specialist? I saw a podiatrist for foot pain. My symptoms started just as you described yours. I had planer fascitis. Its not RA. It was treated with orthotics for my shoes, PT, special exercises which I did at home, no bare foot walking and hot/cold therapy to my feet. It finally went away. If you have no foot specialist in your area maybe a orthopedic doc might be able to help you. I have been in Enbrel and its serious medicine not to mention very expensive. I would be hesitate to take it too if I did not have a definite diagnosis. I took Enbrel for about 9 months and it worked well to begin with...then as usual it stopped working and Methotrexate injections were added. I finally stopped them all on my own because of side effects I was experiencing. I took two Enbrel injections a week and one Methotrexate injection a week. Now enbrel has a pre-mixed once weekly injection or you can chose the older version that you have to mix, draw up and inject. Toni In a message dated 4/13/05 6:44:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, writes: Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:34:26 -0000 From: " remipain " <remipain@...> Subject: new to RA i'm 31....... i've been having pain in both my feet for the past one year.... It really started as nothing; very little pain in my feet when I first get up and it used to last for a minute or so. Now, I get real bad pain in the morning when I first put my feet on the floor out of bed that gets a little better in 10 to 15 mins , but i keep having pain on and off all day long.I do not have ANY joint swelling or redness. my lab tests all came back negative; One rheumathologist told me that I " MIGHT " have RA and wanted to place me on Enbrel; Another one said he is not sure what I might have, it could be RA, but he did not want me to be on enbrel because I do not have any joint swelling and no evidence of synovitis. I'm not sure what to do ; but one thing for sure: I'm real scared as to what is awaiting me. Anyone who had experience with Enbrel? thanx a million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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