I find this odd- tell me if you have ever experienced this.
I can see that the top of my hand is swelled-not terribly so but it is swelled-yet my fingers are normal. Rings slide off and on just fine.
This will be my 5th week sans MTX.
I never called my doctor after 2 1/2 weeks like I was supposed to and he didn't call me.
It appears Dr. Weary is doing her own experiment.
I have not flared which surprised me. I would like to say I feel no different then when I am on MTX but that would be lying. I'm noticing more stiffness but not awful. My hands don't really have a greater sensation of stiffness but they are very clumsy so I know they are. As usual throughout the day I have times when my RA is not so noticible and times it is. Lately when it's noticible I get that early onset type of pain that feels like sprains or broken bones- buts it's fleeting not relentless.
So what I am planning on doing (if I don't flare and I sometimes fear that I am setting myself up and WHAM it's going to take me out like it did when it first started) is stay off of it until I see my next blood results. I'm due Feb. 2. If my numbers are good and I still feel like I do now I may ask my doctor what he thinks about staying off or maybe going on a lessor DMARD like plaquenil. Wht be on something so toxic that also cramps my life style. It has been so nice to be able to go watch a football game with my husband and have a beer with no worries. Or have wine with dinner every weekend.