Just tested positive for all blood tests for rhuemotoid

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Mojo12
Mojo12 Member Posts: 12
edited 18. Jun 2025, 13:14 in Coffee Lounge

hi iv just been tested for rhuemotoid arthritis and had CPP plus others all came back positive they put me on predesolone until I see rhuemotology in three weeks I also had very low folic acid and D and calcium which doc has given me tablets

Can you tell me is it normal to feel really tired and sometimes dizzy

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  • noddingtonpete
    noddingtonpete Moderator Posts: 1,435

    Hello @Mojo12 have a look through the following, hope it helps

    https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/

    and

    https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/prednisolone/

    Best wishes

    Peter

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  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    thanks

  • iwannerbeme
    iwannerbeme Member Posts: 51

    RA can cause fatigue. Dizziness can be a symptom of fatigue or RA, so, yes, Id say it was fairly common

  • mucho_pain33
    mucho_pain33 Member Posts: 6

    Welcome to hell. Fatigue is chronic. Look at other ways to heal and be careful of the drugs they put you on.

  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    thanks

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,421

    Hi @Mojo12 Sorry to hear your recent diagnosis.

    Yes inflammatory arthritises do indeed make you utterly exhausted. I tend to have a slight temperature when I am flaring and can hardly stay awake. Hopefully you'll see a rheumatologist soon and put together a plan to get things under control.

    I started with this in 2008 and was very fearful of my future, visualising myself a wheelchair user within months, letting down my husband and an embarrassment to my children.

    Most of that hasn't come true luckily I didn't let my husband down, am still pretty well on my feet and only embarrassed the children as much as any parent does.

    Keep posting we'll help if we can.

    Toni x

  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    thankyou for your support and kind words have to start methotrexate now wish me luck x

  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    have hot flushes too now lol

  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    has any one continued to work with RA and methotrexate sorry to be a nuisense

  • Anna
    Anna Moderator Posts: 1,192

    Hi @Mojo12 ,

    Other members may be able to share their experiences with you about whether you can work while on methotrexate, but meanwhile, here’s a response from our Helpline Team to another recent post asking the same question. I hope you find it useful:

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  • Mojo12
    Mojo12 Member Posts: 12

    thankyou Anna that’s very helpful 😁

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