MTX injections

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I've been on MTX injections for years. I hate shots, but this is such a little

needle that it goes in quickly and injects quickly, doesn't hurt at all. That

is, if you get the MTX with preservative. The one without burns.

On the other hand, Humira hurt like the dickens! I describe it as like injecting

hot sauce!

Just a little fyi.

, adult onset RA, mom to Rob, JAS, 22

Little Update and A Question

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> So K's knees remain up and down, depending on the day. She takes her

> naprosyn as needed - she hasn't taken any in a few days, but

> more or less

> has needed it most days for the last 8 weeks. I can see the fog

> rolling in

> at this moment (its early in the day here for fog!), so I'm

> guessing her

> knees will bother her in this evening's ballet classes (1-1/2 hours

> technique followed by an hour of pointe).

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> More importantly, I suppose, we saw the optho. today. (I'm

> starting to

> really wonder about him now - not sure if that is good or bad.)

> K's eyes

> were both " trace " which is an improvement on the right from 8

> weeks ago.

> Same same on the left. He wants us to continue for the next 10

> weeks with 1

> drop in each eye once a day. But I also raised the fact that the

> pedi rheum

> was unhappy with the last visit 8 weeks ago and was discussing

> mtx. Optho

> said it was pedi rheum's call. I think he should have an

> opinion, but I can

> understand he wants to leave the big guns to the rheumy. OTOH,

> if he is so

> experienced with uveitis/JRA, why doesn't he have an opinion?!

> The good news

> is that there continue to be no signs of any cataracts/glaucoma issues

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> Um, her eyes are more nearsighted than they were (she wears

> glasses with a

> pretty mild rx). It is hard to believe there is no connection.

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> We see the rheum on Thursday (super fun spring break). Any important

> questions I should ask? Anything I should know? I'm pretty

> confident given

> what she has said to us over the last few months, both in

> unsolicited phone

> calls and at our last appt., and given the above, that she will

> be putting K

> on mtx.

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> I have at least come to peace with the idea that an MDA might

> knock the

> pauci/uveitis into remission, and that is a good thing. I

> seriously hope we

> can go the oral route. I've done a lot of medical things to my

> kids, but I'm

> really not sure I can handle giving an injection.

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> Michele (mom to K, 12, pauci, uveitis, ANA+)

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