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Wed-10-04-2019, 19:55 PM
Ok so today is my Week 1 (second injection)
Went as easy as the first one. Since I started Cosentyx at a place where I've held steady this past year, I don't expect things to really happen quite yet. But here's my picture update:
![[Image: Vwicrmj.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Vwicrmj.jpg)
As you can see, it's about the same.
There is one area that seems to be improving.... when I was at the rheumatologist, we talked about psoriatic arthritis. I've been having problems with my ankles for quite awhile now (probably close to a year) but I had bone spurs in one of them years back so I thought it was perhaps that. But I noticed that after the morning stiffness (or stiffness from sitting too long) that it actually felt a bit better which would be strange for bone spurs. So after much discussion, he felt that I might be showing signs of psoriatic arthritis. Now that wasn't a diagnosis, it was a discussion and one that we agreed to continue on my next visit since he knew I would be starting Cosentyx.
Maybe I'm crazy as it's only been one week, but I do know how stiff my ankles have been every morning for this past year and they definitely are LESS stiff (still stiff but less so) And no, the stiffness and pain is not gone but it is improved and since Consentyx is the only new thing I've added then I can't help but think I may already be seeing some improvement there. Time will tell and it's definitely too soon to know anything for sure.
As far as side effects from this injection, well nothing as of yet but if that changes, I'll let you know.
Went as easy as the first one. Since I started Cosentyx at a place where I've held steady this past year, I don't expect things to really happen quite yet. But here's my picture update:
As you can see, it's about the same.
There is one area that seems to be improving.... when I was at the rheumatologist, we talked about psoriatic arthritis. I've been having problems with my ankles for quite awhile now (probably close to a year) but I had bone spurs in one of them years back so I thought it was perhaps that. But I noticed that after the morning stiffness (or stiffness from sitting too long) that it actually felt a bit better which would be strange for bone spurs. So after much discussion, he felt that I might be showing signs of psoriatic arthritis. Now that wasn't a diagnosis, it was a discussion and one that we agreed to continue on my next visit since he knew I would be starting Cosentyx.
Maybe I'm crazy as it's only been one week, but I do know how stiff my ankles have been every morning for this past year and they definitely are LESS stiff (still stiff but less so) And no, the stiffness and pain is not gone but it is improved and since Consentyx is the only new thing I've added then I can't help but think I may already be seeing some improvement there. Time will tell and it's definitely too soon to know anything for sure.
As far as side effects from this injection, well nothing as of yet but if that changes, I'll let you know.