I am approaching three months on a treatment plan for the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis and I couldn't be happier with the progress.
The diagnosis of an autoimmune disease is so surreal. It's difficult to come to terms with the fact that your own body has betrayed you. Last spring when I was going through having different infections every two weeks, I would often get advice from people on how to boost the immune system. How do you go about telling them that the reason for the nearly constant illnesses is because your immune system is in overdrive and doesn't need any boosting? I would usually just smile and thank them.
One of my concerns with the immunotherapy was not having an immune system and being susceptible to illness. But this hasn't been the case. I think the dosage of Methotrexate I take is just enough to bring my immune system back to normal, but not knock it out. In fact, I have not had a single infection or illness since mid -July.
The side effects are a lack of appetite and being very drowsy, but since I take it only on Fridays, long naps on Saturday and Sunday are usually the norm.
It's worth it though to go from this.....
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To this.......
And it will continue to improve according to my rheumatologist.
I couldn't be happier.
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