Thanks Melynda....

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the encouragig e-mail. It was beautiful. Where do

you get such beautiful msgs. I hope my message makes sense thru the

typos and skipped words but just wanted to say thank you again and

to respond to this msg.

I find it inspiring to see you marching right along like a real

trooper. I wish I could say I wouldn't change a thing. Some days I

feel that way but mostly I feel I would have made better choices or

chose a different outlook on what was going on at the time. I do

feel there is a purpose to all of this pain and madness, both

emotional with the loss of my daughter, then mom and physical pain

with crippling severe RA. So I try to make sense of it all telling

myself there has to be a reason. I have had co-workers tell me

seeing me come in to work inspires them so maybe if it is only a few

people inspired, maybe that's my purpose.

Right now I mostly feel like a caged bird. I seem to do a lot of

waiting till this or that happens before I can do this or that. Now

I am waiting to have my hips done so I can volunteer. I want to be

a physical hands on volunteer. My feet were so dry when I was

inpatient. I said if I ever get these hips done, i am going to

volunteer at the hospital cleaning and lotioning people's feet!

It could be I need to change that goal to just volunteering

whereever i can.

Thanks for being my inspiration today! I am missing my baby and my

mom today so getting your e-mail was right on time and what I

needed. God bless you!

hugs,

Ebony

1:05 p.m.central time

> > Hi JP:

> > I also inject. MTX, and 12 hrs. later I take 2 Leucovorin

> pills to help with the nausea. Why do you take folic acid?

> > I got diagnosed with R.A. 6 years ago, and had never heard of

> it. It is progressing rapidly, so I decided to see if there was

any

> support groups on line. So, here I am!!!

> > Thanks for your e-mail.

> >

> > BC

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> > [ ] Methotrexate & Folic Acid

> >

> > My Rheumatologist told me to take my 5 mg of folic acid the day

> after my MTX injection. She said that the MTX will deplete the

folic

> acid, so it is better to replace it the next day....

> >

> > JP

> >

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