Had some food flares but at least it wasn't cmv or colitis flares that experiments have confirmed over the last month

After immunosuppressants exited my body the fusion started to spontaneously reverse itself(cmv and an opportunistic bug of some type). Then I did my Adalimumab (Humira). I have had 3 food flares in the last 5 days with a bunch of sessions while fasting of course(3 in a row and maybe 5 total) but feel much better now than being perfect(with the cmv and bugs not so active). I think I can achieve a major clinical response(in the spine) by next Wednesday. The muscle spasms and colitis seem to be lingering longer. The muscle spasms that eminate from just under the top of my ribs(front middle/diaghpham i think its called)to the back and sides are responding the least. The mtx were working on those till we decided to stop.

Well the spine is still decompressing with some nice lesions or spurs deep in there. Hope those heal up. But I feel better now that the septic AS is dying down a lil. So now hopefully I can focus on the original 1. Also the radicular pain is going down tremendously now. Almost gone. Also the tension headaches are getting better too. Whew this has been stressful. Thank god for my doctor! That's all I know.

Lol you guys should have saw me the other day. Stiff as a freaking board, a freaking board guys! From my neck to my a55 lol my friends looked so concerned for me but all I could do was be tough.

In the mean time, I'm not going to introduce any more orals(that I do need) until we can figure out why steroids flare my IBD which of course flares the AS.

I do still have pain though.

Also requiring much less dexamethasone for the lesions in my eyes and I think the Humira is to blame for that, indirectly if nothing else. I'm not sure if it has an effect on the bugs. I know it's not as good as the IL-17 one for the eyes and it may just be the topical steroid sparring agent but either way I can barely see the big scar now even after a flare and its great too for my pressure(inconsequental as it may be) cause I'm only needing the dexa like once a day.

Go team go.

Last edited by Tnate; 07/14/14 08:31 AM. Reason: Cool