Hi Clara,
I'm sorry that you've been so sick! I think you're supposed to go off enbrel if you're feeling that gross. I know that sucks. Especially if you're on antibiotics or need to get on antibiotics. You really need to check that one out. Keep calling your rheumy, even if he's busy. He needs to hear about this.
I'm going on to my 8th shot of enbrel tomorrow too! I too haven't seen any super, total-cure results - to quote Julielives on this one, "I don't look like an Enbrel commercial!", but I've had a pretty decent reduction in pain. Actually, more than I had hoped for, and much earlier than I had anticipated, so I'm pretty happy about it. And I can always hope for even more response, this early in the enbrel game.
I had a couple of little injection site reactions in my second week - nothing major, but they seemed to just go away. Hope they don't make another appearance.
Hope things work out for you, and I hope you get well soon.
Take care,
Megan
