Hi, as a newcomer to the forum, briefly, have recently been diagnosed with RA, have been prescribed with Methotrexate and Folic acid to be taken weekly. The dose is to be increased weekly. Have also been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which is causing pain to my hands and numbness and no grip. I have read of some…
My 19 year old daughter has just been told that she may have mild arthritis in her left knee. She has had pain in the joint for a while, sometimes quite bad so went to the doctor last week who sent her for an x-ray. she had a call within 2 days telling her to see her doctor and was sent a physio appointment. She saw the…
Our 3¾ year old came down with something just before New Year. The rest of the family had all had a tummy bug in the preceding week so we thought little of it. he deteriorated over the next few days untill on the Friday he could not stand up. His ankles and knees were swollen and hot. His eyes were red. His skin was…
Hi All, I hope this post finds you and your small people well. I am writing this in the hope that someone can empathise, offer ideas, or actually, just be prepared to listen to my ranting, cause quite honestly, I have no-where else to go with it, so thank you in advance to anyone who reads this. Background: Freya, my…
Hi Everyone, My 9 year old daughter has JIA and currently on 15mgs of Methotrexate weekly (injections) along with folic acid Difine 100mgs and losec. Over the past few weeks since her pain has eased i have taken her off the Difine and losec. She went to see her consultant last week who i proceeded to tell that she was…
Feeling a little bit disappointed. Sarah seems to have been feeling a little bit uncomfortable over the last 7 to 10 days, which I have been worried about, but she seemed much happier today and enjoyed her swimming. She was making herself go round in circles and she was having to use her legs loads to do so. Then we went…
Hi all! I set up a website; www.arthritisinyoungpeople.com to try and raise the awareness of the disease in children and young adults. I'm looking at adding more stories to the "Your Stories" section of the website and would appreciate it greatly if parents/sufferers could submit their story. Thanks in advance!
Got the phone call to say Niamh's methotrexate will be dropped of on Tuesday and he go up to the hospital on Thursday to learn how to give the injection. Feeling a bit [XXXX] about it all. Text deleted by moderator - swearing Mod YEH
Sarah has now had 7 mtx injections and has been incredibly lucky, we give her it friday evening and other than feeling very tired on the sunday after the 1st one has really not appeared to have any side effects at all. She is only 2 so cant tell me much but appears to be fine. With each one I become a little more confident…
Hi Has anyone been told their child's platelets count is low as a result of taking mtx? Thats what I've been told after 4 doses but not low enough to stop medicatition. They wanted me to give her mtx this week and then repeat bloods but because bloods were so difficult last week we are now repeating bloods after 2 weeks. I…
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