wow! out of all the posts I've read...I've never read one that started out kinda the same way as mine. I was diagnosed with endometriosis. Was on Lupron for it, had a "big" surgery to remove scar tissue but no hysterectomy. Now I've been on birth control pills which he says will help control all that growth...and it seems to be doing the trick. That really hasn't seemed to be an issue for me anymore..but
who knows??? with the AS pain/stiffness,fatigue, how would I know if the endometriosis was bothering me. It never disrupted my cycles it was just painful.
Anyway, my hips have been hurting for years and I thought it was due to being very aggressive as an athlete in the past. But what really got me one day was the fatigue. That really scared me. I work in the hospital too and I remember that being a pivotal moment when i said to myself, "self..when YOUR patients get up and are too tired to move and shake a lot, it is because they are weak and SICK. it's not normal to feel weak all the time and too tired to live." thus my introduction to AS. I have not had so much pain that I couldn't walk tho..but I limped around a lot
I'm on Enbrel and doing much better now. I'm glad that you will have an opportunity to try it.
Hang in there...if you get it, sometimes it takes a while to work. Took me 13 weeks before i realized superman was back in business...just in time for my hospital to change insurances at annuual enrollment..and that insurance wasn't gonna cover it. But I'm back on it now, had to do some @$$ kicking but me, the doc, and office girl...we did it! Thank God for that!! That was an answered prayer
Keep at it
Amy
