Experiences with

Anti TNF

Discovered private nhs employer has moved me from room on my own to room with other staff during my absence from work after emergency hip replacement surgery with no consultation 🙁have RA and on anti tnf medication and been in room on own since return to work in 2020 and choose to wear face mask still

These are all anti TNF drugs as was ENBREL (ETANERCEPT) which has worked well for me in the past. I am seeing the rheumatologist nurse on Tuesday morning so I would greatly appreciate any feedback from anyone who has/is on either of the 3 biologics named drugs above.

Severe RA since 1995 has anyone had 2nd total hip replacement ,one keeps dislocating had it 22yrs .

I also have melanoma so cannot use anti TNF biologics. What happens now ?

I would be interested to see what others have done when coming down with a cold or whatever just before an imminent vaccine; also what you tend to do re your usual methotrexate and, if applicable, Anti TNF meds.

My rheumy offered me Retuximab but it’s anti TNF so the opposite of the cancer treatment, I would rather stick with this or sulfasalazine if it doesn’t work. Any thoughts? xx

I was finally prescribed tocilizumab (you can't take anti-TNF biologics after cancer) this spring, but it immediately started suppressing my white blood count. All summer I underwent periods of coming off the toci, waiting until my WBC rose, restarting and watching it plummet again.

Current drugs include, Imraldi injections once a fortnight (Anti TNF), methotrexate once a week, with folic acid and anti inflammatories (and blood pressure tablets due to high BP).

Hello, I’ve unfortunately just had my second round cancelled due to no response. First try in July I was on 225 Gonal F and 150 Menopur with no response at all. This time they upped it to 300 Gonal F and 150 Menopur which I think is the highest amount, again no response at all 😢 I have been taking

Good morning all, I am currently looking at clinics for our next IVF cycle after loosing faith in the clinic we were with initially. I have started to look further afield including Greece & Spain. I know you are not able to speak about clinics in the posts, but wondering if anyone has any reviews

I’ve only just found out that Pregnacare conception max, that I used for ages, contains Biotin, which can affect blood hormone readings when you have tests for things like thyroid function, and even AMH! So they can make your TSH look lower and AMH look lower (and even HCG appear lower, and its in Pregnacare

Back again, my 10th transfer failed of a euploid embryo. I tried prednisolone 20mg this time but it didn’t help. I had a particularly stressful week and I don’t think that helped anything whilst dealing with grief during my transfer as I honestly barely slept at all in the run up or the first few days

hi, does anyone have any insight or experience with a natural modified ivf protocol? This is a cycle with low dose stimulation injections from day 7 to focus on collecting just a few eggs in hope they will be better quality. I can t find much information on this. I have had 6 cycles, short, long, luteal

Bit of a long one. I have stage 4 endometriosis, though had surgery (3rd) this year to clear out most of it (didn't do too much to ovaries as AMH already low). I typically get pain on ovulation. Has anyone else been in this situation? Did they find that there was more pain during the egg simulation part

Hello I've recently finished my third cycle. I've only had 2 embryos to transfer from three rounds. I'm 39 and have low AMH levels (likely due to age along with two ovarian operations - as levels were very good ahead of surgery). I am usually a really positive person and I would say I've handled IVF

I written a couple of posts about my experience with endometriosis but to give some quick background, I am 41, have stage 4 deep infiltrating endometriosis and am awaiting a surgery. As they want to put me on zoladex to induce that they hope to be a temporary menopausal state I have been looking at my

After three failed cycles (one failed transfer, one pgta abnormal embryo), I’ve booked a consultation at a different clinic to see if a new perspective might help with any tweaks to my future cycles. While I’m generally satisfied with my current clinic, I’m not sure they are tailoring protocols as

hello everyone, so in September after my egg collection we collected 2 mature eggs which both failed to fertilise. After 2 weeks we had a withdrawal bleed. Now waiting for my next period to start before next cycle of icsi. On day 37 of this cycle and still no period- is this normal? Has anyone else

It’s hard to reconcile that this may be the end. The facts, I’m 42 with low amh (3.0 when tested over a year ago). Partner had cancer so sperm was frozen 20+ years ago meaning fertility help was our only route. Tried 3x IUI and 2x IVF. Due to age this is all self funded. First round I got only 1 egg

Looking for a bit of positivity here! Just had my baseline scan for long protocol ivf and she said I had 7 follicles and made me feel like it was very unlikely that we would get even 1 embryo out of it. I asked if further cycles would get better outcomes and she said it was likely to be the same. When