I recently diagnosis and need some reassurance please

Skittles1982
Skittles1982 Member Posts: 1
edited 11. Apr 2025, 09:39 in Living with arthritis

Morning all,

I am 43 yrs old and I work as a sports massage therapist and I have recently been diagnosed with RA in my hands and possibly my feet also.

I understand that the treatment options are so much better than they have ever been in order to help my living a 'normal' life, however the drugs i am taking, methotrexate is giving me a lot of side effects and not taking the pain inflammation down yet, I only started taking them last Sunday so I know i need to give it time, but I am just feeling pretty low and in need of some reassurance that it will get better, I am a very fit and active person and this has hit me pretty hard mentally and physically.

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