Will I ever feel normal again?

Pheasantfeeder

I have been diagnosed with RA for 6 months and on methotrexate for 4 months, I am type 2 diabetic for over 40 years and am on warfarin about 9 months with atrial fibrillation about 9 months, I feel like poo most of the time, with constant fatigue and muddy headiness, ihave lost 10 kilos recently, will I ever feel normal again, manage to do a bit of vacuuming and dusting occasionally, I am 69 looking like 89 since got ill , do others have the same feelings ?

Hairobsessed123

Hi @Pheasantfeeder

i felt terrible in the beginning I am peri menopausal as well ! So yes it can take a while to adjust and I think that’s getting the medication right but you also have to know to take it easy ! I am slowly but surely feeling a lot better but just recently have new pain in elbow but I’m sure if I keep pushing the rhumatology team it will get sorted ! Take it easy xxx I have psoriatic arthritis not RA but it’s pretty similar xxx

stickywicket

Everyone's 'normal' is different. The more we can adapt and change the easier life is with RA. I hope the meth helps you as much as it has helped me. You've clearly learned to adapt to several other health issues so, with luck, you will to this one too. And we will help as much as we can.

airwave

Don’t forget how lucky you are! You, despite problems are being treated by the best health system in the world. I acknowledge that it is not perfect but it is good! You live in one of the best countries in the world when others live at war, in poverty and in distress under domineering, autocracy’s, martial law, despot regimes, unfair and uneven systems to name a few of the worst. Yes we have poverty but most are comfortable.

I think you can see my point of view by now? The modern subtext for this is ‘wake up and smell the coffee!’ Personally I prefer tea early morning 🤣🤣. No I don’t feel down , I am more than a sufferer of arther, I am not defined by arther, I am a happy go lucky who is slowed down by an issue or two. My granddaughter (2) stopped by me yesterday and asked if I was still unwell, I said, just a little bit, she turned to her mum and said she loved her grandpa, what an uplift! Made me smile all day long.

it’s a grin, honest!

Pheasantfeeder

That's me told then, you have made me feel worse than ever !

stickywicket

"You, despite problems are being treated by the best health system in the world."

Whoa, Airwave, that's not quite right. We come in at No 10 behind 1. S. Korea 2. Taiwan and, obviously, eight other countries. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-healthcare-in-the-world Ours is good but could be much better.

@Pheasantfeeder, as I said, I think it depends on your 'normal'. For some people on here, normal = running 10ks. My normal is exercises, pottering, cooking (I hate it but a decent diet requires it) having a glass of wine with friends, being useful to others when possible, watching my grandson playing baseball. My absolute #not normal' was when I had a severe problem with a THR and, for a couple of months, was so doped up on pain relief I was asleep half the time.

I doubt many on here, myself included, will have much of an idea how much your current problems are caused by arthritis or its meds and how much by the diabetes, warfarin, AF or interactions. I think you need a proper medical analysis for that but I do hope you can get one and things will improve.