6 months since last Rituxan infusion

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   I wanted to post some great news......not sure if I'm in remission ( only xrays of the joints will tell you if there's any synovial fluid lurking) but I'm very close to remission.  I had my last infusion October 24th and will see my RD next month to see if I need another round.  I'm thinking  no.  Have had little RA pain, damage pain but no active RA pain.  My fingers, wrist, elbows, shoulders and ankles are NORMAL looking - no swelling and no redness.  Even the RA nodules I had on my elbows have disappeared.  Labs are all normal.

I've weaned myself off Lyrica, Celebrex, Sulfasalazine and Imuran.  My only meds are thyroid, cardiac and allergy meds.  I've also lost a dress size.  My goals while I was in Mexico was to lose weight stop all of the above meds, and golf 9 holes....I accomplished all three (golfed 12 holes) and my goals for this summer is to go down another size and to walk a mile. 

Hopefully, I won't need another infusion till fall.  We'll see how it goes.  I just wanted to let everyone know that there's hope.  For any new members, I've been through every DMARD and biologic and every combination and never had full relief until Rituxan.  I have moderate to severe RA and I feel I've been blessed.  Cardia complications from RA seems stabilized also.  Life is good.  I'm knocking on wood as I type this because you never know when the med. that's working for you will fail but I'm more confident now than I've ever been about the disease.  Lindy