Saw the RA doctor yesterday...

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Hey all,

I saw my RA doctor yesterday and told him about some things that had been going

on. First, I have gained a good bit of weight in a short period of time (not on

steroids) and I'm concerned about that as I'm at my highest weight ever (near

250 lbs at 5'4 " ). He is checking my thyroid to see if there is something going

on there.

I have been having a lot of fatigue to the point where my weekends are spent

almost entirely in bed sleeping. I had been on Methotrexate 2.5 mg 4 pills once

a week. A very conservative treatment. So my doctor wants me to stop the

Methotrexate and see me in 6 weeks to see how my pain levels are and perhaps he

might put me on an injectable. I'm a bit nervous as my aches, pains, and

fatigue are already not great and then to go off the medication that had been

giving me some relief. :/

I guess I'm just tired and wondering if this is a good decision. I'm nervous

because I don't want to feel worse but I'm tired of losing my life to fatigue

all the time.

Thanks for listening,

~ Graves