Bonnie: You do kind of have to be your biggest cheerleader and your own biggest advocate about what you want to do for you.
Bonnie: Before diagnosis, pre-lupus Bonnie: active Philadelphia police officer. And when I say active, not behind the desk, I mean out there patrolling. DIY lover. Home Depot, Lowe's became my best friends. I love power tools. It felt like a slow burn, you know, kind of like that candlewick that just keeps burning. I lost a big part of what made me, me.
Bonnie: I spent years waiting for something to work that probably was never going to work for me. So, I spoke with my rheumatologist and I'm like, I want to try something. I'm hearing and reading great things about SAPHNELO. I understand what they were supposed to do; however, I feel like it put so much into my body and at the same time took so much out.
Bonnie: Now that my lupus is more under control because of SAPHNELO, I'm back. I'm doing things. The one thing that was just like, so amazing and like the best, one of the best parts for me, was the gradual elimination of steroids. I have been steroid free, not like doses every now and then, steroid free for so long, I can't even remember the last time I had a steroid.
Bonnie: Just one less medication, which in itself, just, it makes you feel your new normal, is a good new normal, is you again. After my first infusion with SAPHNELO, literally, no exaggeration, within weeks I felt results. Within weeks, I started to see, me again. I felt more like Bonnie again. It was like, "she's back."
Bonnie: My husband is probably not so happy about it, but I am definitely back to my DIYs. For the first time, your girl finished the walk, unassisted–I had never done that in years. In all the years we did the walks, I had never completed the walk, ever, without assistance. Do it for you.
Voiceover: For adults with moderate to severe SLE (lupus) on other lupus medicines. Not for severe active lupus nephritis or CNS lupus. Serious, sometimes fatal, infections have occurred. Seek medical attention right away if you have symptoms of allergic reactions (eg, swelling of face, mouth or tongue, breathing problems, dizziness). Serious allergic reactions can be delayed. Tell your doctor if you have/had cancer. Tell your doctor about side effects that may include upper respiratory infections, bronchitis, infusion reactions, shingles and cough. Do not use with other biologics or if allergic to SAPHNELO.
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