hope all goes well and the blood test isn't to trormatic xx...
hi everyone hope all are well i know this is a subject that lots of people hate to discuss especially the ladies but i was wondering if anyone else has been in the same boat as me since i've had RA...
hi jeanneac it will be methotrexate. no methotrexate doesn't always mean your hair will fall out or thin but some of the side effects are scary, but before you an progress onto other meds...
hi thanks all for your advice and support. i think i will get better but just so low that i don't see an end for the tunnel, i know ra will be with me forever but this flare is driving me crazy and...
hi everyone, hope you all had a good weekend. just thought i would share how down in the dumps i am, i had a steroid infusion 1 1/2 weeks ago and its like i never had it, so much pain again and hate...
hi thanks for all your responses i really appreciate it very much. i am looking at going on to embral very worried about injecting myself but i'm sure i'll get used to it....
thanks very much for this info, do u know if we can get it in the uk and where?...
Hi everyone hope you all well. as you may of read in my other posts i've been having problems with the med, like methotrexate and plaquenil not working and sulfa not agreeing with me so my doctor...
hi weary i don't know what ur doctor is chatting about, yes i have pain all the time but worse when i am using the joint or muscle like picking up my son and washing up, carrying things, knees when...
hi, i had the infusion and have already found a little relieve about 50% better but now my knee won't stop swelling. oh the joys of RA always something. lol...
thanks very much for your replys sydney and golitho just a little worried as i don't know what to expect....
hi just found out that it is on Thursday morning a little worried about it anyone had this before?...
hi i am having a steroid infusion of prednislone and just wondering if anyone else has had this? what are the side effects and how it affected you during the infusion and how long it took to go in...
hi mama6 i think you will be put on methotrexate and if that doesn't help you will also have salfa included into the mix. or thats what happened with me. i have had a bad reaction to salfa e.g bad...
hi jano i was on 1 a week then increased to 2, i've dropped down again for another week and see. thanks for the info golitho...
hi christina i have had ra for 1 yr now which isn't long i know. i am also struggling through my day trying to look after my 20 month old son. to me my pain is normal until i have a flare then i am...
hope everyone is well i am having a week of pain and more pain and even worse i am feeling sick, dizzy, have headaches and just feel ill. i think its due to these new tablets sulphersalsazine, was on...
oh i will have to try and look that up christina. yeah the swelling on my hands and wrists, feet and some other parts have gone. my rheumy started me on et another med which now uts me on...
hi just a quick one all my bloods have dropped due to medication i guess, which is a good thing but i am still experiencing lots of pain and swelling in my knees, elbows, shoulders, one leg/foot and...
hi momto thanks for that i have sero-positive RA and my health keeps dropping. ust hope it will get better for us all soon. x...
hello lady i have had RA for 1yr now so still new to it as such but just wanted to say that it can be scary when you don;t know about it. Depending on what she is diagnosed with as there are...
hi everyone sorry to wine, but having a major flare, thought when i started taking methotrexate it would kick in and stop the pains as i have heard lots of good things even tho the side effects, but...
LOL THANK YOU FOR REPLYING ITS SO HORRIBLE HATE THIS DISEASE ONLY DIAGNOSED FOR 1 YR BUT HAVE HAVE HAD PAINS FOR ABOUT 3 YRS...
hi and hope everyone is good i have been diagnosed with RA and in constant pain again but it feels different to when the RA started. i am still taking my meds. i have pain in my thumb joints, wrists,...
lol thats crazy sorry can't help anymore, doctors don't like to give anything more than tramadol due to side effects and addictions you could try and ask again good luck t./c...
hi i found that tramadol just masked the main pain, just put a fog over it. what dose are you taking at a time, i was allowed 100 mg 3x daily (2 pills) sorry not much of a help! just wishing you good...
oh thank you sjkly, sorry just t clarify do i need to stop the plaquenil before i become pregnant or when i find out that i am pregnant. many thanks x...
Hello hope you are having a good weekend everyone. just some advice has I've been on methotrexate since September and plaquenil since November and seen no improvement. i am seeing my rheumy on the...
thanks chartreux...
hi i think it would be a good idea i would like it a morning like tues,wed,thur would be great to start wit i think.x...
hello badday sorry you are suffering, i am too but thats another story. lol i don't know about cimzia sorry but thought i would say hello reaaly so you feel welcome, i'm still finding my feet with ra...
no i will be seing them on the 8th so hopefully she will do something for me asap, as my gp don't want to its horrible and i hope it doesn't burst, thats my worry oh well we will see what will happen...
hi hope everyone is ok just wondering if anyone as experience of water on the knee, baker cysts and tilt of the knee cap? i have all 3 in my knee and its so painful with the ra that i'm using...
HI KAT thanks for the reply, i went CAB and they said i should do another claim due to changes so i am applying now and getting cab to help m this time lets hop. i know what u mean i wish they could...
ok thanks for that, sjkly...
oh i know how do they decide this without knowing you? they say cause i can walk 150 meters i don't have mobility problems but now use crutches thanks...
hi i am on antibiotics for a chest infection and got a bad cold, my asthma as flared up to. i heard somewhere i should either be careful or not take my meds while on amoxicillin antibiotics, any...
has the title says i've been turned down for dla, i swear they don't read the forms for get the new change in circumstances. my form which they sent to me said i don't get dla cause i can walk...
hello golitho thanks for that, i'm on crutches due to my knees, had a mri 2wks ago and waiting results for the fluid sac's. when i get results about what they are either to do with the ra or not then...
i;m sorry to say but no your not, i'm 30 new week and got ra in multi-able joints and its getting worse. i hope you get it sorted just so you know what your up aginested. t.c...
it sounds like the arthritis has got into your hip i would got to see someone about it as you seam worried about it. i would, but then i'm always at the gps. lol i hope you get it sorted. x...
hello just thought i would drop aline to say hi, sorry to hear you have had such a bad time with the Pneumonia. i'm sorry i can't help with anything to do with it but wanted you to know you are not...
hi sorry not been on for a while, the side effects aren't to bad thank god, just horrible belly for a day each week. i am on steroids and reducing now to 12.5 and then to 10 next month. i hope i see...
hello hope everyone is well and ready for xmas. just wondering if anyone has had a painful elbow, i can't straighten i and it hurts quite a bit. it started about 4 weeks ago and since moving it is...
hi i was diagnosed in jul, i am 29 and was so surprised as my health deteriorated quickly. i am now using crutches outside to walk and inside hold on to everything just so if my knees give way i can...
hello hope everyone is well just a quick question, i have been on methotrexate for 2 months increasing from 7.5 to 15 and now to 25mg.weekly now been given plaquenil 400mg daily, has anyone else been...
My name is davina and i am 29 yrs old, i have had RA since feb 2010 and been getting worse everyday since. i have a 16 month old baby boy whom is very demarding and energenic as all children are so...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif Hello my name is davina and i am 29yrs old with a 1yr old. I have been experiencing joint pain, swelling and general unwellness for about 6 months now i am in pain...