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It’s Monday. Last Friday was my last physical therapy appointment. As part of that appointment, my therapist did my final evaluation which will be sent to my doctor. I really like my therapist and as she took the measurements and did the evaluation, we talked through the results and why they turned out that way.
Yes, I made progress, but I don’t know if it’s enough. I still have a lot of pain in the left knee when I walk/stand for extended periods. And by extended periods, I mean a 30-minute walk.
We’ll see. I see the orthpedic doc day after tomorrow. I don’t necessarily have to make the go/no-go decision on surgery then, but I need to make it soon. I have a vacation scheduled for May that includes an awful lot of walking, and I need to be well before then.
In other news, I can’t tell yet if the Orencia is working. Had my fourth injection last week. I can definitely tell that what lingering effects of Enbrel there were are wearing off and the cold, wet weather that’s finally hit Dallas is making me pretty miserable. I would hate to think of going of Orencia to have surgery just as I was building up the drug in my system.
So that’s my life today. I’ll update after the doctor visit in a couple of days.
Hope you’re staying safe and warm in the winter weather. Thanks for checking in.
Carla,
I will be starting Orencia soon. The doctor wants me to start with one IV infusion with a loading dose. I will have to wait a couple of weeks for that appointment and am a little reluctant about the infusion itself. I see notes that the loading dose is recommended but not required. Did your doctor require or recommend a loading dose infusion? I have not been able to find much in the way of information on the self injections.
Thank you,
Shelley
Seems we are forever in the midst of making decisions. Always decisions to be made. Ah well, hopefully you will make the best one that gets you on that vacation to have a much needed break and some fun!