Its been going on for about 6 or 8  weeks now and I guess I just can't deny
it anymore.  My ankles, hips, elbows and shoulders are all hurting - bad.
And all the time. Swollen and red. Sometimes itchy.  My ankle was so swollen
when I last saw the RD on the 16 of Dec she sent me for x-rays to make sure
the left one wasn't  fractured first and then she was going to inject me.
Don't you know the swelling went down on it's own. No fracture. But both
hips had fractures in the pelvic bone and the left on had narrowing of the
joint space.  That explains the pain I was having in my hips now wouldn't
you say?  And then the shoulders. Oh my  -- they are making the worst
grinding and rubbing sounds when I move them in certain positions. Like when
I'm brushing my teeth or any kind of movement crossing the chest. Sometimes
it feels like its rubbing the collar bone on the right side. You can hear it
across the room. This cannot be good! I don't want to stop moving them cause
I have heard of people who's shoulders freeze up on them. Don't want that.

I keep thinking its the weather, its the abscess tooth which is getting
pulled on the 4th or too much walking or any other excuse I can think of but
the bottom line is that Enbrel just isn't doing a damn thing for me anymore.
Maybe I should try 3 shots a week again and see what happens. I did that
back in the beginning for a while and that worked out well.  Or maybe the
Forteo just doesn't agree with RA. I started Forteo in June and things have
been going downhill since then. Any ideas on that?

2004 was a really bad year. Too many fractures. Too much pain. Too much
medicne.  And it's like nothing is making anything any better. I guess I'll
go to bed before I complain any more. Thanks for listening.