POST HOLIDAY UPDATE

Hope everyone had a good holiday season! It was a bit weird this year and I look forward to things (hopefully) getting better next year.

In regards to running, things are going alright. Just alright. The Humira has not gotten me back to 100% with the arthritis into remission. I'd say I'm about 80% of the way there. If I wasn't doing anything physical and just going about my day I might not even notice it. However, I can't deny that this psoriatic arthritis is still there and affecting my running.

So that's been a bummer. Mostly it is just leaving me sore and creaky for much longer than I should be. Once I am out on a run it usually feels okay, but my recovery times are not where they need to be. It's also making the runs themselves harder because I'm battling whatever inflammation is still in the knee. Between this and the weather going to shit... I'm not feeling particularly motivated. I skipped my long run three weekends ago because I was wrecked from the long run the previous weekend followed by the mid-week runs. And then two weekends ago it poured nonstop and I wasn't going to go out in that. I did manage to get out there and do ten miles this last weekend... and it was much harder than it should have been.

Overall I feel like my body was in a better spot six week ago during my last post. I don't know if the weather is contributing to the joints not feeling great, but I definitely have not improved. I would say I have slipped backward to be honest. Again, the arthritis is basically gone on just a day to day functional level, but I can't really run at the moment without being sore for days.

Humira has officially been put on check. When you are an $8,000/month medication I expect you to work decently. So if it turns out it can't give me the full relief that methotrexate and leflunomide then that's really disappointing. I'll give it a little more time... of course they say it can take 3-6 months to take full effect, blah blah blah... whatever the case I don't feel like I should be backsliding at this point. Also, it seemed to be working quickly when I first started it so I have no idea why it would work great, suck for a while, and then work well again.

ANYWAYS, that's where things are. I'll give Humira a little more time and see what happens. I have an appointment with the doctor at the beginning of February, so that should be a good time to make a call.