warning! This is a rant :-)

[Guest guest]

I am absolutely seething and figured I could vent here and you could

choose to not even look at it (might be a good choice).

The history:

- dx'd in early Dec (severe inflammation, pain in most joints /

unable to walk or write / RF in the 300's, SED sky-high)

- started Meloxicam (nsaid) and MTX in Dec with a vast improvement

within 2-3 weeks (although I definitely went anywhere " normal " )

- nasty/debilitating side effects, developed bumps on my arms

- SED rate leveled off above normal

- dr stopped MTX and started sulfasalazine

- problems with nausea, gastro, and itching started immediately until

I was so sick I could barely function for 10 days

- dr stopped the sulfasalzine and told me to call back 7 days later

- called back today to happily report that the stomach/gastro

problems had all resolved but that my joints were quickly worsening.

The doctor then had the nurse call me with her " orders " ....to

continue the meloxicam, get my labs taken, and see her in 2 months!!

NO DMARD!!!

I was absolutely incredulous. I can already SEE joint damage in my

hand, am in increasing pain....and she's not gonna give me a DMARD?

I simply told the nurse that wasn't acceptable to me and that she

needed to speak with the dr again. :-)

I'm just flabbergasted...

Kim