Doreen/resigned to taking DMARDS

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Thanks for your kind message Doreen. Wouldn't it be nice to have a crystal ball

so as to avoid mistakes. Or maybe we're meant to take a certain path in life

for a reason. It's a shame some of us have to find out the hard way what this

disease is capable of doing to us - that's why I want to tell others to at least

be aware of what's happening to their body. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm

trying to rain on anyone's parade. I'm realising now that there are many types

and degrees of RA. For most of us for whom RA comes on slowly, we tend to muck

around and not take meds for a long time, because we feel there is no urgency.

If we can get away with painkillers for a while, it seems ok. Maybe that's not

such a bad thing, I don't know.

Do you have RA too ?

best wishes,

Leonie

[ ] Re: resigned to taking DMARDS

Dear Leonie, I am so sorry to hear you are feeling so horrible. I

totally respect your honest input over your experience with natural

methods of treating your RA. I think it will go a long way in helping

others who are considering this path. My prayers are with you that you

will find the right combination of DMARD's that will stop this

progression before it gets any worse. Keep us posted. May God Bless

you, dear one............Doreen

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> Hello all,

> After years of taking " natural " remedies for my RA, i've finally

> figured out that while they help to calm the disease, they don't

> stop join and organ damage, and I've finally becoming crippled

> after all, like the doctors warned me. Besides, i haven't had a

> life all these years anyway - i've still been terribly fatigued and

> depressed, and not terribly mobile due to bad knees. I've been too

> sick to work and just sat at home lonely and confused most of the

> time. The thought of taking all those toxic drugs always scared me

> to the point where i've allowed my health to deteriorate rather

> than take them. I don't know whether i would be better off now had

> i taken DMARDS from the beginning. There's always someone to tell

> you a horror story about how DMARDS chew you up inside and kill

> you, which doesn't help. Sure, it doesn't make sense to throw toxic

> chemicals at a sick person, but what choice do we have ? A few ppl

> have cured themselves of RA and other Autoimmune disease with

> natural methods, but they are in the extreme minority. It's only

> hitting home now how ruthless this disease is. Besides, i've always

> taken Celebrex which is an awful drug - now i have an ulcer which i

> can't get rid of. God knows what other damage it caused in my

> body. I suppose with taking Celebrex, i was able to delude myself

> further that i was ok and didn't need DMARDs. That's why i would

> like to mention to ppl like Brad, that while you can control the

> pain with NSAIDS incl ibuprofen, the underlying damage of RA is

> still going on. It's still eating away at your joints. Now i need

> knee replacements and probably many other joints too. I hope it's

> not too late for me to take methotrexate.

> Thanks for listening. All the best,

> Leonie

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