Last Orders???

jackie1955
jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
edited 5. May 2009, 11:21 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi folks - hope someone can answer this quickly :?

I'm having my first dose of MTX 10mg at teatime tomorrow - is it ok for me to have a drink of whisky tonight??? Kind of last orders!

Jackie x

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  • salsal
    salsal Member Posts: 49
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    im afraid im naughty i take 22.5mg and havent cut down on my drinking at all liver has always shown as fine :oops: not that im advocating you do this but it wont hurt you to have the odd drink
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,396
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jackie,

    I still have wine and I'm on Mtx 10mg as you know. A spirit might be a bit strong the day before you take it though - it might be wise to abstain being as it's your first dose - sorry :( When you've been on it a few weeks see how you go then when your bloods have been monitored.

    Luv Legs :(

    PS Will copy this to your other post in the hope you recieve it before you imbibe :shock:
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope that you don't get hit by the alcalol as hard as I do. Small glass of wine and in bed for 3 days. b010.gif

    Yet others are OK.

    Joseph 8)
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  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,396
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    PS Have just seen you're still on line.

    If you've already had your 'last orders' don't worry. I think if you take your Mtx and when your bloods are monitored that should flag up any changes in you LFT. My Rheumy said have a drink as normal but if your bloods show up anything we'll talk again.

    Luv Legs :

    PPS Will copy this to Chit Chat just to try to catch you!!
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • colinone
    colinone Member Posts: 1,039
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jackie
    My advice from the rhumy was no alcohol , not had a drop for over three years now, ai least i slept well when i drank dispite the arthritis,
    Colin
  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi,
    salsal, well I poured myself a double and have kept adding water to it ever since! The nurse who counselled me on the MTX did actually say it was ok to 'drink in moderation'.

    Joseph - hope I don't take after you :shock:

    Linda, I kept bobbing between postings to see if I'd had a reply! As you can see, I'd already indulged before I read your postings.
    I think I needed a whisky or two tonight..... started getting the collywobbles thinking about the MTX tomorrow :|

    Also I was thinking maybe by teatime tomorrow the alcohol will have left my bloodstream/body before the MTX hits :?:

    Jackie x
  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Colin,
    When the nurse counselled me on the MTX she asked if I drank. I said yes, but that for the last 6 weeks I'd become practically teetotal in readiness for when I started MTX. She then went on to say alcohol was alright in moderation........ that surprised me!

    Tonight it was actually more 'medicinal' :wink: I've got Pre-MTX Nerves and needed to chill.

    Jackie x
  • vonski
    vonski Member Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jackie

    I'm no expert on this :roll: but a friend of mine who is on this used to like a whisky or many more. She didn't drink to start off but eventually admitted to her Rheumy that she'd had 3 and told him she was ok but needed more. He said she could try up to 6 which she has done and is still ok. May not be the same for everyone though.

    Love
    Vonski x
  • ritnew
    ritnew Member Posts: 338
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope everything went well for you today Jackie and you soon start to feel the benefits.

    Rita X
  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi scottish lass, Thanks for repy, think I'll risk the odd glass (or two) occasionally :)

    vonski, hi, just wondering about your friends '6' ration - is that six drinks in one night, over a week, or longer? (Sounds like my kinda friend :wink: )

    Rita, Thank you for your good wishes...... gosh I was so nervous taking that first dose :shock: Its the morning after and so far I'm feeling okay - touch wood.

    Jackie x
  • vonski
    vonski Member Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jackie

    Not sure but I will find out, sure she'll be trying for more if 6 is ok :) I'll find out how long she'd been taking it too although she's only been on it around a year so I think it would have been sooner rather than later.

    How are you feeling now, has everything settled down? Hope so.

    Love
    Vonski x
  • vonski
    vonski Member Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jackie

    Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you with this one. My friend drinks 7 or 8 whiskies a week. She has just seen her Rheumy and he says that's fine. Her bloods etc are all ok so he has no problem with her drinking this much. She would like more :lol:

    Love
    Vonski x

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