Re: MTX questions lovemykj

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Aw how sweet of you. Reality, tho is a - shocking horrible thing. Myabe this

is what my kids call TMI- too much info. But, I guess I just need to vent this

morning. If this is gonna bore anyone or bring them down, then stop reading.

<sigh> My husband is severely ill, Agent Orange cancers, - early ALzheimers,

combat PTSD from Nam. etc. My oldest kid is 15 with serious intense bipolar

disorder. My youngest is just turned 9 with cerbal palsy and a seizure

disorder. My husband and I have no family. I worked 2 jobs for many years as

the sole support here- as a waitress and as a nurses aide. I finally began

nursing school. I had mandatory vaccinations as a nursing student that

triggered my RA - and had no health insurance. SO for 2 years I struggled and

deteriorated. DUring all that time all housework basically went undone. ALways

I said when I can I will. LOL yeah. right. crisis after crisis. DCFS

actually DID come and have a problem once when we had to call an ambulance for

husband when he had a heart attack. DCFS sent people to help us, but- the

people refused to help, and showed up one time, said since I had a 15 year old

here- she should be more help- and they refused to come back. DCFS did nothing

to make them come back- probably becuz they do not have enough people to fill

the need anyway. (they only pay minimum wage to those employees) SO- I get very

nervous, scared all the time, and have not been well enough to do many of the

heavier things. ANd out of control manic bipolars can be quite destructive. SO

I get nervous and worry. DUmb of me, then I suppose I flare more?

LOL I apologize for my bluntness. I took advatage of your kindness. Yes, I

would tell anyone that the housework can wait. Life is too short to worry about

something so mundane. LOL. You were very kind. ANd yes, you DID say the right

thing. I do feel better about it now. LOL. Ironically- um, yeah before my

husband got so ill- um, LOL I was told - back off on the housework- enjoy life a

little. LOL. Gosh I need to find the middle ground somewhere, huh? Yeah when

I feel good now- often I do not do housework, anyway.. instead I do fun things

with the kids. LOL.

- In , Judith Voter <lovemykj2002@y...> wrote:

> Hey Dreamer,

> Don't worry about your housework until the health inspector comes to shut you

down. I sit here and look around and so much has to be done. I am so tired. So

I do a little at a time. I call it Housework in small bites. Works for me.

But I don't have young children. Just two shedding cats. Try it. Do your

priorities. At your will. Don't worry about the rest. It will still be there.

Trust me. Keep your chin up.

> Judith Ann

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> dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@w...> wrote:

> OK I began MTX in Feb and take 15 mg orally per week. I have been waiting and

waiting for it to take effect. It did seem like maybe pain levels dropped ever

so slightly- say from 7-8 on a scale of 1-10 down to a 5-6 on the same scale.

This pleased the doc, but- I am not impressed. Major swelling did go down in my

wrists after a month or 6 weeks, swelling that had been there over a year. But

now I have been flaring again in my shoulders and ankles and neck. The pain

level is up at 8 again.

> Can the MTX take THIS long to be effective? Do I need a higher dose? DO I

need to switch to shots? Do I need to give up hope? The nice thing is I am

having NO negative side effects AT ALL. NONE. BUT I am having a hard time

pulling out of profound depression and hopelessness with 3 kids and housework

that NEEDS to be getting done and me not able to do anything at all.

> Any ideas? My next scheduled appt with rheumy is next month.

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