Hello everyone. I just met with my new rheumatologist for the first time today after my family physician diagnosed me with Ankylosing Spondylitis about 2 months ago. I only met with him for about 15 minutes and was a little surprised when he quickly brought up starting me on Enbrel (after also mentioning that he hasn’t reviewed my X-rays). Now, I wouldn’t say I live with a 10/10 for pain everyday (not that I think I should have to) but I just don’t know if starting a biologic right off the bat is something I want to do, but this is new territory for me and I’m not sure how to navigate any of this. There are a fair number of days that I feel pretty good. I’m also absolutely terrified of having to give myself a shot every week- so there’s that. So now my question is, when did YOU know it was right for you to start a biologic? Was there a moment in your disease where you were like “this is the last straw and I want these expensive, lifelong meds that might not be a good fit for me”. Thanks for listening and for any wisdom from the been there done that crew