Each of us with psoriatic arthritis and/or psoriasis is unique. Some of us are on biologics, some on other drugs, and some of us can manage our conditions in alternative ways. I’ve been someone who’s tried methotrexate, did a 2-year stint on Humira (1 year bi-weekly and 1 year weekly), spent 2 years off of medications …
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It’s summer folks! I hope that doesn’t mean you’re covering up your psoriasis and are ashamed to flaunt your flares! Ps. Did you know that the National Psoriasis Foundation is having a #FlauntYourFlares instagram challenge all summer. Head over to insta and post a picture of you with #FlauntYourFlares. You could win awesome prizes! With psoriatic disease, …
New to my Otezla journey? Catch up here: Day 0, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4 updates. This week I give a brief update on how week 5 and 6 went! My GI issues have settled and I think I’m starting to see benefits? Check out my new video for the update! …
New here? Catch up here: If you missed Day 0, Week 1 and Week 2, and Week 3 updates. Week 4 is in the books. Honestly, nothing too earth shattering to report, but check out my update. Here are links to some of the things I talk about in my video (and a few …
Already finished up week 3 and headed into week 4! Time flies when you’re having fun . . . BAHAHA I can’t even type that with a straight face. If you missed Day 0, Week 1 and Week 2 updates – catch up first! Otherwise, check out my update and peep my lessons learned so …
To recap thus far . . . First, I freaked out and had to come to terms with taking Otezla. (Read: Am I a Failure? A Fraud?) Then, after dragging my feet for a month, I finally decided to start it. (Peep: Starting Otezla) Post week 1, I gave you an update on the side …
Hey, Chronically Fabulous Patient. Hope you’re having a great week! As you heard here, I started the first week of the Otezla starter pack on February 12th. I filmed the following week 1 recap video on February 18th – so just shy of a week. Overall, week 1 was alright. Mostly annoying, to be honest. I …
Well, I did it. I started Otezla today. Press play to see me take my first dose – as seen on Instagram stories this morning February 12th, 2017. I have very mixed feelings, but mostly I’m hopeful that it can give me the boost I need. Honestly . . . the boost to get …
It seems that my most personal posts are always my longest. Sorry, this is so long, but writing this was as much therapeutic for me as I hope it is helpful for anyone who reads it and deals with the daily struggles of autoimmune arthritis. This month I had my 6 month check up …
I’ve written about my experience with Humira on the blog before (like here when I talked about when I first started taking it), but it’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned it. And with good reason! It’s been almost a year since I took my last Humira injection. According to this post, my last injection was …