resigned to taking DMARDS

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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