Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 " May I be rude enough to ask how much the Medic Alert bracelet will cost? " Midge, my silver bracelet cost me $50 and that includes the annual membership. I had the brochure from the pharmacy, but now I wished I had checked out the web before I ordered. Go to www.medicalert.org and click on the Emblems button. There's a wide range of prices as well as styles. " does anyone else have these side affects. did they go away??? " Chuck, I don't feel entirely sleepy or sleep that much, nor do I feel fatigued, but things can change as I just increased MTX this week. I usually start my MTX dosage on Tuesday and take my pills on (two) Tues AM, (two) Tues PM and (one) Wed AM. I had been taking pills at 2/1/1 on the same days. Something interesting happened last Wed, after my first increased dosage: I woke up in the wee hours feeling flu-ish. My joints, bones and muscles hurt, I felt warm and could feel a headache coming on. I decided to sleep in and call in sick. When I finally got up (which wasn't too late, just 9am) and walked around a bit, I started feeling better and once I took my meds, I was like normal. If it's going to be like this next week, then I suppose I could be okay, just drag myself out of bed and hope the day will get better. If not, I'm in trouble because I work Mon/Wed/Fri as it is and don't want to be calling in sick on Weds! In another two weeks, I'm going to increase my MTX, to a total of 15mgs, so I'm hoping that things will work out okay and that I don't have the nasty headaches on the weekends or the flu-ish feeling in the morning after the increase dose. I'm looking forward to the suppressed appetite. Don't mind losing some weight. I went to the drs today and found I lost 4lbs. Not bad since I haven't been going to the gym lately. No wait! It could probably be 4lbs of muscle going going gone...! :-( ===== When choosing the lesser of two evils, I always like the one I haven't tried. -- Mae West __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 " May I be rude enough to ask how much the Medic Alert bracelet will cost? " Midge, my silver bracelet cost me $50 and that includes the annual membership. I had the brochure from the pharmacy, but now I wished I had checked out the web before I ordered. Go to www.medicalert.org and click on the Emblems button. There's a wide range of prices as well as styles. " does anyone else have these side affects. did they go away??? " Chuck, I don't feel entirely sleepy or sleep that much, nor do I feel fatigued, but things can change as I just increased MTX this week. I usually start my MTX dosage on Tuesday and take my pills on (two) Tues AM, (two) Tues PM and (one) Wed AM. I had been taking pills at 2/1/1 on the same days. Something interesting happened last Wed, after my first increased dosage: I woke up in the wee hours feeling flu-ish. My joints, bones and muscles hurt, I felt warm and could feel a headache coming on. I decided to sleep in and call in sick. When I finally got up (which wasn't too late, just 9am) and walked around a bit, I started feeling better and once I took my meds, I was like normal. If it's going to be like this next week, then I suppose I could be okay, just drag myself out of bed and hope the day will get better. If not, I'm in trouble because I work Mon/Wed/Fri as it is and don't want to be calling in sick on Weds! In another two weeks, I'm going to increase my MTX, to a total of 15mgs, so I'm hoping that things will work out okay and that I don't have the nasty headaches on the weekends or the flu-ish feeling in the morning after the increase dose. I'm looking forward to the suppressed appetite. Don't mind losing some weight. I went to the drs today and found I lost 4lbs. Not bad since I haven't been going to the gym lately. No wait! It could probably be 4lbs of muscle going going gone...! :-( ===== When choosing the lesser of two evils, I always like the one I haven't tried. -- Mae West __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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