Back From First Rheumy appointment

remixmum
remixmum Member Posts: 82
edited 22. Apr 2011, 11:58 in Living with Arthritis archive
If you could all leave the pockets quietly and in an orderly fashion :grin:

Went to appointment this morning and saw the rheumy registrar and he has put me straight on Meth, plaquanil and a steroid injection.

They have repeated the bloods so I need to collect the Methotrexate tomorrow, cos the pharmacy wont give it without new blood results.

Registrar was lovely (and cute lol) and said that the diagnosis of RA was certainly correct and he was also Very surprised when I knew so much about RA, the drugs and the side effects.

I told him that it was thanks to you lovely lot and that I had been educated by you but not been given horror stories

All in all, a good day methinks

Geri XXX
Geri XXX

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good luck with it all, I hope it works for you, meth can be a very effective treatment for some and hopefully you will be in that camp. I wish you well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,832
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Geri

    Good when you get a nice consultant and it is dealt with so efficiently isnt it :smile: l am really pleased for you that all seems to have gone smoothly.

    Probably was very happy that you WERE so well-informed and not to stressed by the diagnosis and treatment.

    You take care and l too hope you will do REALLY well on the MTX :grin:

    Love and hugs

    Toni xx
  • madwestie
    madwestie Member Posts: 383
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Geri, i am glad you have a good rheumy and hope that the methotrexate helps you. the steriod injection should help it usually takes a couple of days to start working for me.
    tracey
  • remixmum
    remixmum Member Posts: 82
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well 4 days in and to quote James Brown "I feel good".

    In fact for the first time in a year, I feel bloomin fantastic, thanks to the steroid injection the swelling has gone.

    No side effects from the plaquenil or the scary meth, (hate the sun anyway) except tiredness, even though I have been sleeping better.
    Pain has not quite gone away, but but is only a gentle, occaisional, reminder rather than constant agony.

    I am aware that this could be short lived relief, but mentally I have perked up no end.

    Today is a good day for me and I hope for everyone else

    Geri xxx
    Geri XXX
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Geri,

    Hey maybe it wont be short lived and tis good to read your feeling so much better :grin:

    Will keep my fingers crossed now that you have turned a corner and are about to get a spell of decent bones .... tis good when that happens.

    Leaving you a ((( ))) and ta for letting y=us know... Sorry bit late leaving your pocket there :wink: Cris xx

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