Re: cold won't go away - Carla

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Hi Carla:

I'm going to join you on that whine lol. I have been

going through the same thing as you. Colds that just

won't stop, and then you have to discontinue the

Enbrel, and your RA kicks back in. I, too, have

continued the Mtx, but without the Enbrel it just

dosen't do the trick. I was given Levapack which

worked really well to end my bout with brochitis, but

the colds have just kept coming, with stuffy nose and

cough, so that I am hesitant to restart the Enbrel. I

restarted after I was done with the antibiotics, and

then had to stop it again for two weeks, and now just

began again last night. Hopefully, I will be able to

take it for a bit longer before I get sick again. I

always get bronchitis this time of year, but the

endless colds are a new thing, and very frustrating.

Hope you are feeling better soon -

Kathe in CA

--- Carla <Mom2Harley@...> wrote:

> Hi all, I feel a bit guilty sometimes cause I only

> seem to drop notes when

> I've got something to ask ..... please know that I

> do read and pray.

>

> I got " a cold " about a month ago now... really

> wanted to turn into

> bronchitis.. or bronchialpneumonia (except I've had

> the pneumonia shot). I

> stopped the enbrel shots... finally went to a local

> clinic and got 10 days

> of biaxin (which helped a little). I finished that

> last Monday -- I'm still

> coughing, still have a very congested head and

> sinus.... I have been off the

> enbrel for 3 or 4 weeks and I am really feeling it

> -- it was helping in

> combination withthe Mtx which I have continued. I

> am scared witless to

> restart the enbrel the way I'm feeling but I still

> have 4 weeks of work

> before retirement (which is also freaking me out a

> bit); as well as an 88

> year old mother to help out (she still lives on her

> own and hasn't been

> feeling too hot). My problems are so minor compared

> to so many people but

> I'm not doing well with getting out of a panic mode

> and can't take any more

> time off before retirement.

>

> Oh well.. I had hoped to have a long, productive

> retirement and be able to

> do the writing I've always wanted to do but now I

> feel like I'm not going to

> make it very far with that... guess I just needed to

> whine for a change

> instead of sucking it up... sorry but thanks for

> listening... Carla in RI

> (who is not usually whiney).....

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Kathe in CA

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