Last week I went with Ed to the dermotologist who added methatrexate to Ed's Embrel treatment. Neither is working. Last night he came home and could barely walk. Not only is he covered all over his body again, but the swelling has started - his socks were deeply imbedded into his calves. I called the arthritis doctor here in town and got him in this morning so we could get him the shot to clear it up and buy him a couple weeks to try something else. She agreed, the Enbrel isn't working at all. Now, she's questioning the diagnosis. This part confuses me because if Enbrel only works in 54% of the cases, why are they surprised it's not working with him? According to Dr. Ewy and Dr. Hague, they've never seen Enbrel not work. Odd. So she consulted with him and they've decided to put him on soriatane. My concern is that she said steriod use with soriatane is not recommended so she didn't give him the shot today. I've looked up soriatane and it seems people have seen results in less than a week and for some it took about two months. Ed's in a lot of pain so I hope we see some relief very soon. She also took a biopsy of it so they could confirm the diagnosis.

The weather is so gloomy, storming, windy, cold. It's utterly depressing.