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Went to the rheumy this morning and my rates were all over the place. I didn't even get all the numbers because there were a couple of new wrinkles. My life is soooo exciting, not! Sed rate is still way up there. My uric acid level was at 10.8, apparently at 11 they treat you for gout so guess who's taking gout meds now? I am anemic, but now another kind of anemia showed up so I had to get additional blood tests done again today. My liver enzymes are up again so he is decreasing MTX to 5 pills aweek instead of 9, but I am hurting and inflamed all over so he increased my Humira to weekly. He says we need to figure out whats going on, so if the weekly Humira doesn't do the job then I will have to switch to something else.

When he first started looking at the results from my new blood work, he started fliping thru my file and he looks at me and says, "you are very complicated!" Well yah! and we both laughed, LOL. So lets add gout to the mix shall we? Anyhoo, my life may be many things but boring isn't one of them! I think we are going to go to the show tonight, I haven't done that in quite a while so that will be nice. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend and I will check back tomorrow...hugs jilly

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  1. gghcgail

    hope you see a good movie tonight. take care of yourself and hope you get to feeling better. rest some this weekend. hugs


    gghcgail

  2. MissyMouse

    Hope you get some relief soon Jilly. Hugs. Missy


    MissyMouse

  3. bizemomm

    You are a walking medical study my friend! Enjoy the movies and relax, remember schools out for the summer! ((hugs))marcia


    bizemomm

  4. krisann22

    Aww I feel bad for ya, hope things turn around soon. Kris


    krisann22

  5. gjones

    oh my Jill
    you are starting to sound like you have the same chart as me
    hope you are feeling alittle better
    hugssssssssssss
    gerri


    gjones

  6. sandym

    tell him you need to get on remicade or orencia. humira didn't do much for me, course neither did the remicade I was on for 4 years. We got to get you fixed up! Shopt I don't even know what me sed rates are, guess I should ask, but I wouldn't remember them after he told meanyway! hope you had a good weekend love ya me


    sandym

  7. lam0814

    I hope you and your doc can figure what will work best for you soon. Hugs, Lisa


    lam0814

  8. JeannetteN

    Aw rats Jilly! Maybe the gouty thing is why you've been hurting more lately? I know it's another pill to take but I hope it brings some relief, xoxo J


    JeannetteN

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