Guest guest Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 hi all! just wanted to reintroduce myself.... my name is laura and i am 32 years old and the married mother of 3 (almost 9, 2 and 7 months). since the birth of my last baby, i had been having intermittent joint pain..it would last for a few days and then be fine. eventually, by the time i went back to work, it was so bad that i was having a hard time writing and typing. i work in a student health center so i saw one of the docs there who of course ordered lab. my ra factor came back positive and i eventually got into a rhumatologist (in a bout 7 weeks). the rheumy put me on plaquinil adn lodine and ran a bunch more lab. i had a bad stomach bug a few weeks after that, and was in bed for about a week. turns out plaquinil makes me more succeptable to stomach viruses. grrrr.!! so, finally got teh lab back, and the ccp antibody was strongly positive. i had been ahving alot more pain in my hands and wrists, and starting in my elbows, so i amnow on 5mg of prednisone bid. going back to the rhuemy in a week to talk about starting mtx. not thrilled about that, but at least i dont have any damage yet. i have a few questions for ya'll... how did the mtx effect you starting out? how do you deal with the crippling fatigue? any one else with bowel/stomach issues on plaquinil? are most rhumys willing to prescribe pain meds? thanks in adavance! and i would love to chat off group with any one else in their 30s! laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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