Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 .. i use bion tears and they are not thick... they work really well... my doctor called me tonight and said that my liver enzymes were ok so he told me to take 4 pills of MTX tomorrow and then i have to go and have more blood drawn on wednesday... he will then call me FRIDAY am and tell me what i am supposed to do from there.... i have such a great doctor.. hey julie, i could swing by and pick you up on the way to see CARLA... and we could all have lunch together... we will have to plan that some day soon...) rae [ ] rae...eye trials let me know what they say. my eyes are not doing well with those thicker drops. too blurry. i'll see my rheumy tomorrow so we'll chat about other options for me in addition to plaquenil. thanks! julie ps: did you get liver enzymes checked recently? if so, were they high? do you take milk thislte? OTC herb. > > > > > > > > > > Hi gina... yes i know what my liver enzymes were... 294 and > > they are > > > > supposed to be 0 to 36.... yes my doctor put me on folic acid > > right a > > > > long with the methotrexate... 1 mg daily.... for the > > methotrexate i > > > > was taking 12.5 mg every monday... > > > > > i went and did a blood test yesturday.... i hope the doctor > > gets the > > > > results fast...) > > > > > > > > > > well, i do not know if i can ever take methotrexate again... > > maybe i > > > > will have to take a lower dose and take something else > with it... > > > > > > > > > > thanks for taking me into this group... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rae > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 oh julie and carla... i am confused, you are not... i get people mixed up... i thought julie lived in fairfield, ca and carol lived in stockton, ca... i guess i got something mixed up some where... ha ha ha sorry... i will try to get un-confused...( which i know will be hard for me... so i might need a lot of help... ha haha sorry to cause so much confusion... rae *scratching her head* [ ] rae...eye trials great to hear your labs were good! do you live in tucson? i'm confused. who is carla? did i miss something? julie > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi gina... yes i know what my liver enzymes were... > 294 and > > > they are > > > > > supposed to be 0 to 36.... yes my doctor put me on > folic acid > > > right a > > > > > long with the methotrexate... 1 mg daily.... for the > > > methotrexate i > > > > > was taking 12.5 mg every monday... > > > > > > i went and did a blood test yesturday.... i hope the > doctor > > > gets the > > > > > results fast...) > > > > > > > > > > > > well, i do not know if i can ever take methotrexate > again... > > > maybe i > > > > > will have to take a lower dose and take something else > > with it... > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks for taking me into this group... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rae > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 julie... are you the one that lives in fairfield or stockton??? i think i said carla and i meant carol... carol lives in ca... either in stockton or fairfield.. ah ha haa... of well... confused again... sure hope you are having a nice day... pretty cold this morning... we were supposed to freze last night, first frost, we have had this year... rae [ ] rae...eye trials hahaha. that's ok. i'm a bit off too. or maybe we are normal and others are not? hmmmm. julie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi gina... yes i know what my liver enzymes were... > > 294 and > > > > they are > > > > > > supposed to be 0 to 36.... yes my doctor put me on > > folic acid > > > > right a > > > > > > long with the methotrexate... 1 mg daily.... for the > > > > methotrexate i > > > > > > was taking 12.5 mg every monday... > > > > > > > i went and did a blood test yesturday.... i hope the > > doctor > > > > gets the > > > > > > results fast...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > well, i do not know if i can ever take methotrexate > > again... > > > > maybe i > > > > > > will have to take a lower dose and take something else > > > with it... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks for taking me into this group... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rae > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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