Tremfya for psoriatic arthritis Fred's journey

[Fred]

Had to put the psoriatic arthritis score up from 2 to 7

The ankle problem came back again and unlike last time it didn't go away after a couple of days, instead it has taken around 4 weeks and it's still not perfect. It was a lot more painful this time too and walking needed the support of a stick, something I haven't needed for the past year.

I'm also experiencing problems with my hands. Mostly in the knuckles and I'm finding it difficult to do things like open a jar or putting weight on my hands whilst in the garden. I was hoping after my shot a week ago that it would start getting better again but it's not so it looks like Tremfya could be going the way of the others and can no longer keep the psoriatic arthritis away like it did when I first started it.

Psoriasis is good and still on a score of 2, sometimes I could score 1 so it's working very well there.

I'm going to continue with Tremfya rather than call my dermatologist and see how it goes, it's not unbearable and I can live with it at the moment but it's not looking good.

Next appointment in September