hi Karen;
I will hope that the Rituxan treatment will work for you this time too. I will be thinking of you.
I have read your posts with interest, and that is because I have been offered the same treatment as you. And I was glad to hear it had worked for your neuropathy.

I saw my rheumatologist today. We discussed Rituxan treatment. She said Rituxan could be a good treatment for me because it treats rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis and is also being used to treat neuropathy. So far,these two conditions mentioned are the two underlying conditions for my severe sensory neuropathy,

I had a temporal artery biopsy done last Friday, and we are waiting for result. This one test will tell us if there is large vessels in the form of Temporal Arteritis involved in my vasculitis.

So I just need to have a oral surgery and then a cataract surgery ( that is after we know regarding the vasculitis issue) Then I think I will reassess regarding Rituxan.

Again, I hope you have results.

Yes, I too have a good Insurance , but I have not gotten into the question re, the insurance coverage yet. I guess the doctor has to make her initial request for medically necesarry.


Synnove