A Vist to Dr.Lutt's Office

Hey, y'all!
So today I went for a check up appointment at my Rheumatologist, Dr. Lutt's office today and it went really really well. He listened to my concerns, like how much the shot hurt, we talked seriously about the different medications I can take and the pros and cons that would go with them. My old Rheumatologist just decided what I'd take and hand it to me with the ever annoying line of "side effect wise, this drug is pretty good. You should feel a ton better in 3 weeks." And then we were shuffled out of his office without any knowledge of the medicine or even what he thought I had. We found that out when he had to fill out paperwork for a youth trip I went on, I actually found out when they were pulled out due to me heading to the ER, but that's a story for another day.

I have been taken off the Enbrel and am now on a different biological medicine called Humira. This will also be taken via injection, but the dosage is smaller as is the needle and there have been very few reports of the medicine burning when it enters the body which was one of my main issues with the Enrbel, so that'll be really nice. Another nifty thing about the Humira is that I'll be able to inject myself since it's set out like an EpiPen unlike the Enbrel which is a straight up shot like one you'd get your flu shot with, so that's really nice since I wont have to train someone to give it to me when I leave the nest. Before my only life option was to live in my Dad's house and then into my husbands house and while that would work, having it as my one and only option was something I wasn't thrilled about. What can I say, I don't like having my future completely picked out for me. And the last, but probably my favorite new thing about the Humira is that I have it every other week instead of every week.

I was also put back on a drug called Methotrexate which my old doctor had me on for awhile, but since it didn't cure me in 3 weeks, he took me off, baffling my new doctor who's never heard of someone doing that. Apparently Methotrexate is usually added to other medicines, together they make this epic kick-butt team, so it should help a lot. I have to take it 4 pills at a time every Monday and it'll take a bit to build in my system, so we'll see how well it works. I personally have high hopes for it this go around.

Oh, I got my blood drawn because he wants a base line for my medicines so we'll know right away if something starts to go wrong we'll know right away.

My doctor rocks!

This is all that's really changed, my joints still aren't doing too great, nothing's fully dislocated yet, but they keep getting close, so some prayer there would be lovely.

Well, I hope y'all are having a good day and, as always, if you have a question leave a comment. :)