melly65
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- Last Tuesday skipped my injection due to Colonoscopy on Wednesday. I do them on Tuesday's and NO WAY was I going to deal with feeling awful as well that day.Did my shot today and already anticipating tha crappy feeling later this eveing and all day...
- Instead of two posts I figured it was easier for everyone to respnd to one. In case you have one or the other's experience. First....Depression. Do you deal with it? I've never been depressed except once in my life when I was 21 or so, had no job,...
- I know there are many articles about how weather affects RA. Some doctors think it's hooey and other doctors who have been doing the RA thing for years believe it because they listen to their patients. When all these patients say I hurt when it's...
- Hello...how are you.....(no I'm not going to start singing Telephone Line) Been a while since I been here. Don't like the change all that much but I need support as we all do. I take my 1 ML injection on Tuesday mornings. I do pretty good all day...
- Of MTX that is!Last month of injections just about killed me. I take 1 ML on Tuesday mornings and the norm is tired by 6 pm or so but still can function. Weds I am tired but functional. The last month have been getting worse and worse. On Weds. I...
- Open enrollment begins in November. I want a PPO. I am comparing both companies and I don't even know what to look for. #1 is the Doctor. How do you find a good Rheumatologist? I am looking at no deductibles and good proscription plans. I'm looking...
- Sometime ago while perusing through the support group I read a discussion about how MTX made some of us feel. I don't remember who it was who shared how she coped with the nasty side effects but I decided to use her method. IT WORKS! I learned the...
- Nonightshades really hit home with this that he wrote. And it kind of plays in with my topic."First thing to start working on and controlling is the most important real estate in the world, the six inches between your ears. People that don't have RA...
- I'm still so new with all this RA stuff. Ever since starting MTX I reached the Ahhhh.....finally feel good about 3 months into it. I am now 6 months into treatment. Last week (Thursday) I hauled 3 bales of hay off my truck and into my hay shed. I...
- I'm a mess. I don't know where to turn. Maybe it's nothing, maybe it's something. Maybe it's simpler than I think.Last weekend I was fine. Monday morning I woke up a mess. Sick, nauseous, felt faint, could not move around the house, no will,...
- Three weeks ago I seen my PCP and she was shocked my Rheumy did not give me any pain medication. So she wanted to start me on something on the "low pain list" and move up if needed. She prescribed Tramadol 3 50 MG a day. Fine. I've never been on...
- You best do iLast Monday Morning I had to go do labs in the AM while fasting. Mondays are a mess for me because I tend to overdue weekends. I couldn't imagine having a cup of tea at 5 AM while watching the news. BUT I decided what would a little...
- I am livid.....beyond livid. Tomorrow will be ugly for a few people if things don't get rolling by the end of today!I started MTX (Methotrexate) injections 5 weeks ago for my RA. What a difference. I am at the highest does an RA patient can go to...
- Grrr...UGH.....expletive expletive. I am so freaking mad right now. Last Thursday I ordered a refill by phone as I always do to refill my MTX so it's ready by Monday so I can inject it Tuesday.Monday I call and they don't have it. They special...
- First, I don't have Lupus but I know there are some on this forum that do. But I have a reason for bringing it up.I'm really starting to realize the importance of family support and educating them. I know they will never really understand, that's a...