Cooling Down

Hi,

I'm my own personal furnace. Great in the winter, not great in the summer. Today, I was at my Rheumatologist and he saw so much joint swelling and pain in my hands that I am on a new medicine named Enbrel. I have to give myself a shot once a week. Not too bad, glad it's not into the muscle. I now take 4 immune suppressant drugs and I'm starting to get a lot better!

So, if I have to hide from germs......I just have to be very careful! No colds, flus, etc.

I am finished with my hospital stay at UCLA and now am getting more tests done at home. I am ready to be done with this UCLA team. They come into my room and announce my symptoms to me (and guess what, they were wrong). So, pray for wisdom. I described them as ninny moggins as the Fellows (special training after Residency but not a full fledged specialist) have a much higher opinion of themselves than I think is warranted. I was able to stop one medication safely while in the hospital though, so that is very good.

TTFN