I have psoriatic arthritis, even tho there is no skin condition that’s showed itself associated with the arthritis yet. It mainly showed itself after my takedown - within a month or two. My knees and joints were so inflamed and it hurt to just walk, go up and down the stairs and sit for long periods of time. It just felt like joints were big inflamed balls of Fire.
I tried sulfazalazine but that didn’t work. I have a feeling I might have had this longer but having been on Entyvio, prednisone, remicade, etc, I think it might have masked my symptoms and now that I was off of everything, it was reading it’s ugly head.
Anyhow, I went on Cimzia and that worked really well, and it was safe when I was pregnant. It stopped working that well a year later (now) and I’m just in the process of switching to Humeria. I start that this week.
it’s no fun, especially since I’m only 39. I have osteopenia and I feel like the body of a 50 year old. It is what it is though. I guess I’m just glad that medication helps. I have an 8 month old so I don’t have as much time as I’d like to be able to work out or be active. But do I think it is related to my ulcerative colitis? Yep.