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Posted May 9, 2002 · May 9, 2002

Hi! I'm new here, and new to RA too. I was diagnosed about a month ago.

I'm 30 years old, a graduate student and I work full-time. I'm a program

analyst for a consulting company - luckily they've been really great about

all of this. We are contracted to support CDCs AIDS research, so most of

what I do involves reviewing data from sites throughout the country, meaning

that my schedule can be easily flexed. This has been an absolute

life-saver.

I've been symptomatic for about a year. However, diagnosis was complicated

by the fact that I had a lot of other undiagnosed and uncontrolled problems.

I've known that I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis for several years, but when

I started to have problems, my thyroid levels were a little out of whack. I

had tons of tests, but it wasn't until a month ago that I was given any

diagnoses. Then I was told that I have pernicious anemia (B12 deficiency),

psoriasis, and RA. The RA diagnosis came as a complete surprise.

At this point, I'm taking prednisone and methotrexate for the RA. I just

took my second dose of Methotrexate on Tuesday - does anyone have any hints

for dealing with the nausea? I felt like I was going to throw up for 24

hours after taking the pills. Today, I feel a little better, just really

tired.

I ordered a few books about RA, and I'm looking for whatever information or

advice is available. If anyone has any hints or suggestions, or knows of

any good resource materials, that would be great. I'm a little overwhelmed

right now and I thought it would be nice to hear from some people who are

already dealing with RA.

Thanks -

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