Hi
wondering can anyone give us a bit of hope for the future. Dh has PA for about 5 years now and only got diagnosed last August.
He has since been on methotrexate and then sulphasaladine as well, as well as arcoxia and co codamol/co dramadol (sorry if these are spelt wrong). None of these work, and he has been on steroid injections every 5 weeks since August.
This month the steroids ran out at weeks and he was left in agony. But his assessment was brought forward for the biologics, although he will still have to wait 4 months before he can start these.
The nurse also told him that this would be the last steroid injection he might get ( for obvoius reasons) but he is still in a lot of pain and can't work, as it affects his back, shoulders, neck and ankles and he can't drive to and from work and sit at the computer all day.
We are feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment - he only gets 3 weeks paid sick which he has used up this week, and then 3 weeks half pay, then we are down to statatuory sick pay. We know there will be no way he can work while waiting for the injections, and his work has already told him he would need to increase his performance or they will sack him :(
I also don't work as we have 2 Dcs and I am their childcare and there doesn't seem to be any work within a 30 mile radius that i could do, so we are in trouble.
Is anyone on the biologics and do they work, and are there many side effects and how long do they take to work. Will they help him or will having the injections mean no immune system and still no way to work?
Thanks for reading - just don't know where to turn at the moment, and I know things can change overnight, but wanted to have some idea of what will happen, and how other people cope
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