Re: Methotrexate I came with ?? and here were the answers! THANKS!

March 2, 2004

I had to wait over 2 years to begin treatment becuz of no insurance and no way

to afford the labs for MTX (is that the abbreviation?)

My psoriatic arthritis was extremely aggressive- and after being sole support

for disabled husbnad, (PTSD, AGent Orange cancers and catatonia) and 3 kids, 2

of whom are disabled (one is profoundly wildly bipolar, the other has seizure

related issues, brain heterotopia and wears leg braces and is also bp) - life

was just nuts- - I was working as a nurses aide and going to nursing school- I

think the nursing school vaccinations triggered the onset of my illness- wow-

was that a slam to go from do it all supermom to wham flat out on my back

screaming involuntarily-

the changes in our life. YIkes.

SO- we finally got ChampVA coverage and I finally got my MTX started---and I am

already getting excited, even tho it has only been 2 weeks. Maybe I am having a

placebo effect right now- but already I feel so much better. Is this really

possible? Might I really be able to go back to work again? Will I be able to

take a bath even if I am alone? Might I be able to fasten blue jeans again?

and cook? My fingers, wrists thumbs and toes have been so swollen and usually

black for the better of 3 years now. Dare I get excited? Yesterday I ran (sort

of) up our 3 porch steps- I was ecstatic! Can this be real?

- In , kringlemom@a... wrote:

> i take mtx injections too, just over a year. i was nauseous and had tummy

> troubles for the first 6 weeks. then they pretty much went away. i am a little

> tired on the weekends and try to relax ( i do my injections friday night) i

was

> in so much pain and pretty much stuck in my home i was so ill and now i have

> worked part time (first time in over 2 years) 20 hrs a week almost a year now!

> i am able to clean my home, shop. walk the dog 2x a day. have a lttle social

> life ( i even hosted a lingerie party last saturday) it was rough at first. i

> am so glad i stuck it out. it has really changed my life. i still have

troubles

> now and again, but life is definatly better, thanks to methotrexate. good

> luck to you. kathy in il

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