Information and opinions on health from Tom Ensley at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/362650/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/362650/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/362650/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/119578/re Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:49:14 -0400 Tom Ensley hello, i just wanted to follow up on my last post about remission. i got great news! just visited my Rhumey two days ago and he says i am in clinic remission! yea! although i have a MRI scheduled in two months to give him more definate proof that inflimation has gone down. i have not taken any RA meds for three months now. my headaches have been gone for about two months. i still have a slight digestive problem, but overall i am feeling great. i... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/119578/re http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/116684/re Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:58:27 -0400 Tom Ensley hello, i was on enbrel for four months, due to complications they switched me to humira. i was on that for four months also, and was taking methotrexate the whole time. I had bad side effects so i decided to stop all the meds. i got my Dr. permission. and i have not taken any RA meds at all for over six weeks now, and i still feel good!! just not sure if this is long enough to determine wether or not i am in remission. man do i hope so, i... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/116684/re http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/114778/ef Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:35:55 -0400 Tom Ensley hello, i hav'nt been on here in a while. i thought i would update to let people know the problems i have been facing, and see if anyone else has had these typs of issues. i found out that i have RA last september and the Dr. started me on meth and enbrel right away, and this january(four months later) i started having terrible side effects. i got prostitus and was having terrible headaches, mostly orgasim headaches! ya what a bummer!... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/114778/ef http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/91964/back Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:00:37 -0400 Tom Ensley i started the enbrel shot a little over  a month ago, i am still on the meth. just a few days after my first shot i felt better, and after the second shot i felt even better yet! man was i happy! so i stoped the steroids and for the past two weeks i have felt great... on the road to recovery right! well just yesterday i flared up and i hurt worse than ever before.. back, sholders, elbows.. almost everywhere! so i took the shot a day early... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/362650/91964/back