Hi Everyone,
I have recently been diagnosed with RA, just 4 mths after giving birth to my healthy baby girl. She is my only child. I have been through months of extreme pain and I have finally seen a Rheumatoligist who started me on Prednesone. Since I have been taking this I have felt wonderful, it's almost as if there is nothing wrong with me, but I have to continually decrease the dosage every three days and she dosen't want me to take it long term because of the side effects.
I am starting Methotrexate today and am very nervous about the side effects that come along with it. I feel very anxious and nervous and I don't really know very much about the drug. If anyone has any infomation about Methotrexate or has even been on this drug I would appreciate any information you could give me.
P.S. I was also told by my Rheumatoligist that it is near impossible to go into remission with RA and not have to take medications. Does anyone know anything about this. Just curious if I will have to stay on meds forever, or if there is a possibility of ever getting off them.
This is all so new and scary to me, I feel very alone and am finding it hard to accept this. I would really, really apprecate any information from anyone who's been there.
Thanks and hope to hear from anyone who has some information for me.
Hi, I am just going through the beginning of this too....I was 29 when I had my first flair, (2 years ago) it started with a fever and lasted 2 months. Unfortunately, we had no health insurance so I had to let it pass, then when I finally got health care, I was pregnant! Well, I felt great until this past Febuary, so I went back to my family doctor and I was just told on Friday that my RF was real high, so now I'm off to a RA doc. My grandpa has been living with it for 30 years and my 5 year old niece has it also, from watching my grandpa, I do know that he has had whole years where he has felt good, and some not so good. I'm really nervous about being disfigured, my hands are already curling under slightly and my toes don't want to go straight. We are also going to sell our house and get a ranch, this house has way too many stairs!! It's hard carrying the baby up and down, plus taking care of my older boys too...
Good luck, this is my first post on this web site, so I have no idea if I'm doing this right!!! Aron