I am new here

lizzie7ne
lizzie7ne Member Posts: 154
edited 21. Dec 2009, 17:06 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi my name is Lizzie and I am new here, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, diagnosed in Aug 2008 although I had symptoms for a few years before. I take Methotrexate and Leflunomide.

lizzie

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  • jordan7j
    jordan7j Bots Posts: 346
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie, and welcome to the site. I onloy joined a while ago and its the best thing I did!! There is so much you can learn from everyone on here.
    You will get lots of support and info, so just ask, and enjoy the other forums too. Take care Jay :)


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  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie and welcome, I'm glad you've found us. I hope you find your way around the site and that we see you posting soon. You'll find there are lots of knowledgable and friendly folk here and it's a good place to let off steam if you need to.
    goo luck
    rita
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,312
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie.
    Welcome to the forum. we are a friendly lot and we all try to help as much as we can.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie,
    Welcome from me.I have R.A too hope I can help you...
    Best wishes
    Elizabeth :)
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • wallysatt
    wallysatt Member Posts: 87
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie,

    I'm not new here but I don't post very often.

    I'm 28 and have JIA, so it's kind of like RA.

    I hope you get lots of support from this site.

    Sally.
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie
    Welcome to the forum....any questions....just ask...someones bound to know

    Love
    Hileena
  • jaspercat
    jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie, a big warm welcome from me too, everybody here is really friendly and supportive love Jaspercatxx
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Lizzie,
    I am glad you've found us! I'm also sorry that you have needed to, but you should find us a friendly group of people all with different problems and ways of solving them, so its useful to pick up tips! :wink: I have Osteoarthritis in my upper and lower spine and some of my joints.
    Love Sue
  • salamander
    salamander Member Posts: 1,906
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    hi Lizzie, welcome to the site.
    Sally
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Nice to 'meet' you, Lizzie. You can rant or moan or cheer on the Chit Chat forum, or whatever floats your boat.

    Drop in anytime.

    Annie
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie

    Welcome to the mad house! Hope you stay! Will look out for you.

    Look afteryourself,

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie,

    Welcome from me as well they are a good lot and always try and help. Hope to see you post soon. Take care Cris
  • dorcas
    dorcas Member Posts: 3,516
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Welcome from me too! Iris x
  • joyful164
    joyful164 Member Posts: 2,401
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Welcome Lizzie

    Nice to have a new 'face on the forum; I'm on MTX but not the other. Hope you are not experiencing problems. What dosage are you on and do you have tablets or injections? Sorry about the questions, but everyone has such a wide section of side affects and probs sometimes.
    Hope you can find answers on the forum. Many of us can help to a point with our own experiences but we are all different when it comes to medications. What suits some do not suit others.
    The Helpline can always give advice too.
    The Chit Chat is good. Helps the imagination :roll: of which I am a bit slow sometimes.
    Glad to have you on board, good luck

    Joy
  • sharmaine
    sharmaine Member Posts: 1,638
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Lizzie

    Welcome to the forum. I have OA and I'm sure you'll find lots of good advice and make friends on the forum.

    Warmest regards
    Sharmaine
    lizzie7ne wrote:
    Hi my name is Lizzie and I am new here, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, diagnosed in Aug 2008 although I had symptoms for a few years before. I take Methotrexate and Leflunomide.

    lizzie
  • lizzie7ne
    lizzie7ne Member Posts: 154
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thank you all for such a very warm welcome, its good to be among people who understand what arthritis is like.


    lizzie
  • Starburst
    Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Welcome Lizzie!
    I'm sorry you have the need to be here but glad you've joined us. I was recently diagnosed and the support I've received has been invaluable.

    Hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

    ~ Sophie
  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi from me too!

    I have RA diagnosed this year, and am on MTX.

    Hope you become a 'regular' and join in all the forums.

    Jackie x
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi lizzie

    Welcome to the forum. Just jump in and post whenever you feel like it.
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    Joseph 8)
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  • lizzie7ne
    lizzie7ne Member Posts: 154
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Joyful

    Thanks for your welcome message and question re MTX.

    I take Methotrexate tablets 25mg a week. which I take on a Monday night and feel very weak and fatigued the day after.
    I have also come out on bruises on my left leg which keep coming and going I was at the Rheym clinic today and they said they thought it was due to Methotrexate, but they didnt seem sure, and I think its wierd that its confined to one leg. I wonder if anyone else here has had bruising with MTX. My platelets and coagulation readings are normal.


    lizzie

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