My neighbor with RA told me she is in remission. How can this be?

My neighbor that was diagnosed iwth RA this past year, told me the other day that she is now in remission. How can this be? I was diagnosed almost 7 years ago and I haven't found any combination of drugs yet that even take care of my pain. I have been on dozens of different drugs over the years and they have never been able to get my inflammation rating under control to even take me off prednisone. In fact I am now up to 15mg of prednisone per day, 9 pills of methotrexate and have had 4 injections of Enbrel so far. How could she have symptoms enough to be diagnosed and within a year go into remission? I had never heard of this. Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled for her. I am just wondering when and what it will take for me to get some relief after nearly 7 years. Today is especially a bad day, and maybe I am feeling a little down, so I am looking for any options possible. For the folks doing the Enbrel injections can you share with me how long it took before you started to notice a difference? I keep hoping each day that I will notice a difference and the doctor will have finally have found the right combination of drugs for me. Thanks for any info people can share about remission and Enbrel.