Well the pain started three days ago and has gotten progressively worse everyday now! Today I’m unable to move with out a handful of Hydro morph Cotton. When i do get up it still hurts , the pain meds just take the edge off of it. See i have been told that because of all the Hydro morph and all it's sister drugs like Oxyconton and others i have developed osteoporosis ! Great news on top of all the pother crap we AS'ers have to deal with.
It started last spring when i was still working, i broke a vertebra moving an office chair !, after x-rays it was shown to be a so call stable compression fracture. Nothing they can do for these things I guess you just have to lay low and do nothing for several months!. So after three, nearly four months, it healed up on its own. Of course during this time i wasn’t suppose to lift anything bigger the a tea cup!.
Well anyway, I think I’ve done it again or my Enbrel has stopped working , its one of those cases where your dared one way or the other.
Seen my family doc yesterday and he seems to think it’s another break possibly the same one again. He said we'd give it a few more days and see how’s things progress. Gosh i hope its a break! I cant believe I’m saying that but the reality is if its not broke then the Enbrel has stopped working . I cant tell ya how much that bothers me , now not bother me, it scares me !
I’m fast running out of options. Enbrel is my second biologic I’ve had . Remacade nearly killed me, I now know why they have you do that in the hospital and not at home! I’m one of those extremely rare people that have a reaction to this drug after several infusions !
My blood pressure went through the roof they said I had some sort of a "near stroke" and was on the verge of cardiac arrest! In a matter of seconds my hands and feet swelled up and hurt beyond belief. ( still haven’t recovered from that ) And now Enbrel may have stopped working ! there’s only a few other Bio's meds I have to try.
I cant go back to where i was , that’s just to much pain ! See my pain now is 24 – 7
I don’t have flares , my pain is always there just at different levels. I’ve been this way for about 15 years . the last 4 years have been the worse . So I’m once again seeking the support I have grown to count now here. My faith gets me through things when dealing with my AS but the support , advice of friends and strangers here on Kick AS helps just as much .. Anyway I got to go lay down for awhile , take care my friends. And remember
Keep On Kicking
Martin
<br>"Trying to fly on broken wings"
