Yet another flare message - smile

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Hi folks

There are always messages from members hoping that their flare is due

to some intervention they can avoid - I'm here to say sometimes flares

are an unavoidable part and parcel of this disease, and now it's my

turn....

2 weeks ago I had a presumed ganglion cyst removed from my right wrist

as it was pressing on nerves and bone and causing all kinds of ruckus.

Long story short things were better for 7-10 days after the surgery,

then that wrist joint started hurting, then the elbow, then the other

wrist, then my ankles... you get the picture - fun fun fun. This is

depite weekly MTX and daily prednisone.

As it turns out the pathology report came back nodular tenosynovitis

with mixed areas of acute and chronic inflammation, not a ganglion

cyst at all.

Would I have it done again - yes, it was a definite problem that had

to be taken care of. Sometimes life and our immune systems collude to

cause us problems. We have to remember it's not our fault, and

although we all desparetely hope for a permanent remission, we often

get reminders that we have to take extra care of our bones...

Countdown - hopefully 6 weeks to starting Enbrel....