Re: Re: new diana

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diana thanks i will do that, my husband is a

diabetic so i can do it at home. when i am really

itching so bad is about 24 hours after i take the

metho. i never even thought of that. dawn

--- SkyfireRanch@... wrote:

> Dawn, have your doctors check your blood sugar

> levels. Metho can

> raise them. One of the first symptoms is itching

> sking.

>

> R.

>

>

> > > > OK EVERYONE

> > > >

> > > > HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DR. WANTS ME TO START

> ON

> > > > METHOTREXATE, SCARED TO DEATH TO DO IT. SO

> TALK

> > > > ME

> > > > INTO IT OK. HE SAID WITH THE BREATHING

> PROBLEMS

> > > > AND

> > > > NOW THE EYES SWELLING AND TURNING RED, THAT

> WE

> > > NEED

> > > > SOMTHING DIFFERENT THAN JUST PRED. HE IS

> KEEPING

> > > > ME

> > > > ON PRED FOR NOW, 25 MGS. AND ALSO METHO, 10

> MG.

> > > > SO

> > > > TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT. ALSO PUT ME ON FOLIC

> > > ACID.

> > > >

> > > > I WAS SO HOPING THAT I COULD EVENTUALLY GET OF

> > > PRED

> > > > AND NOT BE ON ANTHING BUT HE SAID IT LOOKS

> LIKE

> > > FOR

> > > > NOW I WILL HAVE TO STAY ON SOMETHING BE I KEEP

> > > > HAVING

> > > > NEW SYMPTOMS OF RP START, CRAZY DISEASE.

> > > >

> > > > I STILL WISH WE HAD A MAGIC WAND TO MAKE US

> ALL

> > > > BETTER. I AM JUST SO TIRED OF FIGHTING THIS

> > > DISEASE

> > > > SOMETIMES ITS JUST NOT WORTH IT. I KNOW THIS

> IS

> > > > JUST

> > > > A PASSING THING BUT DARN IT I WISH IT WOULD

> HURRY

> > > UP

> > > > AND GO AWAY.

> > > >

> > > > DAWN

> > > >

> > > >

> > > Hi Dawn, I was on MTX for about eight months

> and it

> > > helped more than anything that I have ever been

> on.

> > > (Especially the combo of MTX and Arava) For me,

> it

> > > worked even better than the azathioprine that I

> am

> > > on

> > > now. I also took folic acid while on MTX.

> > > Unfortunatley, after about seven months I began

> to

> > > get

> > > very nauseaus. It worked its way up to being a

> 24/7

> > > thing. Tried shots and it didn't ease, so had

> to

> > > stop

> > > taking it. Try it! Good Luck, Sharon

> > >

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> > >

> > >

> > >

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