So over the past spring break I was able to get in to see my rheumatologist. I am going to have to play the wait and see game for another month for Orencia and then we are moving on to plan C or D or whatever letter of the alphabet I’m on now.
However, one thing really frustrates me. Over the winter holidays I was moved from the infusion form of Orencia to the injectable form since it would be more cost efficient and convenient for me personally. I did not know then though, that starting the injectable form of Orencia is pretty much like starting a whole new biologic to my body. So instead of me being on Orencia for 7 months, which is what I thought I was at when I went to see my rheumatologist last week, I had really only been on it for like almost 3. So the reason I am waiting the next month is so it will reach 4 months which is the end of the period that it should have kicked in for me.
Really?! I just want to be off of this stuff already and I am really mad that they did that because I would have rather stuck to the infusions to just stick with one treatment plan so it would build up in my body instead of switching to a new form…
But the good news is that my next treatment plan will hopefully be the new JAK inhibitors which, according to my rheumatologist, for most takes effect in 2 weeks!!! Way the hell faster than Orencia, Enbrel, MTX, and everything else that I have been recently put on. But hopefully it will be available on the market soon.
Now I just have to wait a month…
