Miracle drug?
I got some information off the internet today (um, yesterday now) about a new drug to help those suffering from Rhuematoid Arthritis (RA), such as Yours Truly, that is an injectable that needs to be taken like every two weeks. According to the website humira.com, there are some users who report that their RA symptoms were better after the first or second use.
I was diagnosed with RA last July, at the same time I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (FMS). I have not seen a rhuematologist since November, 2002, so I've been self medicating when I need it with everything from Tylenol and Aleve, to Naprosyn (the prescription strength version of Aleve), to Celebrex that my brother in law, who's a doctor, gave me samples of in March. I haven't had the money, or insurance to go see a doctor, and the need based clinic here in town is not able to refer me to a specialist (or so they told me).
I can't get any help from the state of Oklahoma unless I am on Disability, and that process is so frustrating, that I am seriously thinking of going to the Unemployment office tomorrow (later today), just to see if they can help me. I've been out of work (save for the carnival, which doesn't count because I was paid cash for the work I did there), for a year. Finding jobs here is nearly impossible, the temp jobs are a joke (I apparently am only offered those jobs no one else wants), and what little money I do get, is spent before I even get a check in my hot little hands.
I can't believe I'm having this much trouble finding a decent job. With all the experience I have, I can't believe someone hasn't offered me a job.
And why am I ranting about jobs when I started out talking about a new treatment for RA? Benefits. The only way I will be able to get any medical care is to have a job with benefits. If and when I go to Louisiana to be with Saon, I'll be damned if I'm going to let him support me. I've always been able to take care of myself at least. I swore that when I got divorced, that I wouldn't rely on another man financially. Sharing expenses is one thing, but letting someone else pay for everything and having to ask that someone for money...I'm not going to do it.
I'm going to make my own money even if it leaves me in great pain. I owe too many people too much fuckin money to have someone else take care of me.
I'll pay my own bills, thank you.
Gotta jump...into bed...MorelaterZ--
I was diagnosed with RA last July, at the same time I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (FMS). I have not seen a rhuematologist since November, 2002, so I've been self medicating when I need it with everything from Tylenol and Aleve, to Naprosyn (the prescription strength version of Aleve), to Celebrex that my brother in law, who's a doctor, gave me samples of in March. I haven't had the money, or insurance to go see a doctor, and the need based clinic here in town is not able to refer me to a specialist (or so they told me).
I can't get any help from the state of Oklahoma unless I am on Disability, and that process is so frustrating, that I am seriously thinking of going to the Unemployment office tomorrow (later today), just to see if they can help me. I've been out of work (save for the carnival, which doesn't count because I was paid cash for the work I did there), for a year. Finding jobs here is nearly impossible, the temp jobs are a joke (I apparently am only offered those jobs no one else wants), and what little money I do get, is spent before I even get a check in my hot little hands.
I can't believe I'm having this much trouble finding a decent job. With all the experience I have, I can't believe someone hasn't offered me a job.
And why am I ranting about jobs when I started out talking about a new treatment for RA? Benefits. The only way I will be able to get any medical care is to have a job with benefits. If and when I go to Louisiana to be with Saon, I'll be damned if I'm going to let him support me. I've always been able to take care of myself at least. I swore that when I got divorced, that I wouldn't rely on another man financially. Sharing expenses is one thing, but letting someone else pay for everything and having to ask that someone for money...I'm not going to do it.
I'm going to make my own money even if it leaves me in great pain. I owe too many people too much fuckin money to have someone else take care of me.
I'll pay my own bills, thank you.
Gotta jump...into bed...MorelaterZ--
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