Hi Peter,,,,   It is doing wayyyy more than anyone could hope for.   When
you use it a third or less of what they recommend and you can function
pretty well,,,
I really can not expect more.  I have been treated for RA for more than 25
years.  No joint replacements, and everything works better that a person
should expect.  Every now and then a person just has to count their
blessings.  I know people that have gone from being confirmed to have RA and
on to the operating table in 2 to 4 years.   People loose their eyesight,
hearing and the well functioning heart, arteries and veins from the effects
of uncontrolled RA....   I am still blessed and am thankful for what I have
after all these years of having RA.   I can only say that DMARDs have worked
well for me and that 3 Rheumatologists have tried to control what I have in
different ways but always with DMARDs.   A little before my time with RA it
was just extreme use of aspirin and steroids that ended up in a wheelchair
and people still end up that way.  Kitty comes to mind and others that are
gone but not forgotten.
  Sorry,,, I did not mean to get off on a rant.  I try to keep in mind that
this too shall pass but we need to live with today and do the best we can
with it.
Harv

more ((((((((((((harvey hugs))))))))))))).  just keep being a timex watch,
guy.  keep on tickin'.

kate

Thank all of you for your support.  This too shall pass....... but I wish it
would hurry up.  :-)
Harv

Hi Nanny,   I tested wayyyy positive for TB.   I had CT scan,, X rays and I
have none of the things going on in my lungs that would let me give it to
someone else  but it did show a great deal of lung scaring from 3paks a day
up to the time I was in my mid 40s and or RA lung.    I take one 300 mg of
Isoniazid everyday first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and it is
doing a pretty good job of kicking my buttttt.  I have a great deal of lung
congestion 24 hours a day.
   I have cut wayyyy back on the use of Enbrel to give my lungs a chance of
clearing up and have paid the price a little bit for that.   Any stressful
event in my day and it has a flares response almost right away.   I am
thinking of asking one of my doctors for a pill that would have me in the "I
just do not give a sh.t" or give me another toke (mj) way of thinking.   I
am about 4 or 5 months into what you do to clean TB our of a persons body
once exposed..... I think or maybe its 3 or 4 months,,,  I have not had my
coffee yet (which is a no, no with this medicine).   :-) tomorrow will be
better.
Harv