A bit of good news for me. For the past month, I have been trying a new medication (Arava)
for rheumatoid arthritis. It took three weeks for it to begin working
but I now have a lot less body soreness and much reduced joint swelling
than before. For the most part, I feel better than I have for the past
four years. The drug has been around for a while and it does carry
dangerous side effects such as severe liver damage or failure, increased
chance of cancers, and I am more susceptible to tuberculosis and
pneumonia. Test yesterday showed my liver function as normal. I still
must have blood test once each month. So far, the only side effect I
know I am having is losing more of the few hairs I have left on my head.
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