started my biologic two weeks ago and something weird happened with the morning stiffness. labs are actually improving. C3/C4 back, anti-dsDNA trending down. but the stiffness?
still takes 45 minutes before my hands work well enough for patient consults. maybe the metho is still in my system, or maybe stiffness is just a different animal. what gets me is i know exactly what to tell patients about loosening stiff joints. i do it every day.
heat, gentle movement, time. when i try it on myself it buys maybe ten minutes. the rest just waits. rheumatologist says the inflammation markers will follow, stiffness takes longer, could be lingering metho.
could be. but has anyone else’s morning stiffness lagged behind while the rest of the numbers got better? did it finally let go by month two or three, or is this just how my body does this?