Hi Rose. Well done! The first step over. It will be plain sailing from now on. Sorry you are feeling rough right now but it will settle down when drug kicks in.

Ceri...Sorry you are having such a bad time too. I hope you get sorted on something that works.

Sheila x

hi Rose,

well done on the self injecting,

let's hope it starts to work soon,

hope all your symptoms are temporary until your body get's used to the new drug.

take care,

Suzanne x

Hello thanks all, Still feeling muzzy brain head, bad headache, sharp pains etc. However I got completly stressed out

at work today. Had to do some online tests and they were difficult . I did 5 out of 13 but 1 failed miserably on one of them. So tears

flowed freely tonight. I feel so useless, thick, worthless etc. etc. and totally stressed out. Pains even more so everywhere

so gone to bed as a good night sleep will do me good.

Doreen and Lynn - I will stay clear of my thighs - thank you for advice

Ceri and Julia - sorry that things not good for you at mo

hi Rose,

ohhh i was so disappointed to hear how bad you are feeling !!

to be honest i know i couldn't manage to work now with the RA,

have you contacted your Rheumy Nurse to tell her how you are feeling..?

i think perhaps that might be the next course of action for you,

hope you can relax over the weekend, but do let us know how you are getting on.

take care,

Suzanne x

Hi Rose,

Sorry to hear you had such a bad day at work.
Perhaps you could take some time off until the humira starts to work?
Thinking of you.

Doreen xx

Hello All,

A little update . Work still a very stressful job, I find it difficult and seem to have lost the 'will,want, or energy' now.
I do find this all upsetting as I was Manager in the office and I always showed my peeps how things should be done,
however now I just can't seem to sell insurance anymore. I have a wooly brain and the list could go on.

Taken my 3rd Humira injection today. Yes the sting at the injection site although ouch is managable. However,
since 5 ish today (I injected at 2) I have felt AWFUL. Extremely bad head and BAD flu type conditions, hot , cold,
and all joints hurting badly. Eaten nothing as feel sick and feel that I could get an upset stomach.

Gone to bed hope tomorrow will feel better - but it is a 6 hr work day - urgh.

Since starting Humira I find that I am getting sharp pains in hands and fingers and also sharp pains in elbows
and even in the neck.

Are all these things that I have to put up with . . . . . . . x

Hi Rose,

Sorry to hear you are feeling so poorly. I had a huge flare after 6 weeks on humira, I wonder if this is what is happening to you?
I think you should contact your rheumy nurse about the sharp pains you are getting.
Hope you are feeling better soon.

Love, Doreen xx

I didn't go to work on Thursday I was too poorly. Apart from the headache and also flu like
symptoms, I started to itch everywhere in the middle of the night. It was all over, to describe
it felt my blood boiling and this intense itching.

Has anyone else got these symptoms, ie headaches, itching and more intense sharp pains
when taking Humira.

I must say all these things are getting me down, I just wanted a magic wand to make me
better, but it looks like I may need a different 'fairy'

Sorry for the moan

rose

hi Rose,

really feel for you and wish i had the magic wand that would work for you.

i agree with Doreen it's been going on long enough now so a call to Rheumy Nurse i think is the next step.

hope this finds you feeling better today,

don't give up hope, i think you need some re-assurance.

thinking of you,

Suzanne x

Hello All

I left a mess last Friday on my RA nurse answerphone, however no reply.

I have a RA meeting tomorrow evening and she is there so hopefully will get
a chance to natter then

I am pleased to say the itching has subsided, but funnily enough the pains in
feet and hands and fingers is awful . .. so I really don't know.

Rose x