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<blockquote data-quote="Luna21" data-source="post: 429088"><p>Hi again Sunamd. </p><p></p><p>I wish your news were better, but at least now you have a diagnosis, and you know where you stand, so to speak.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, and this is the hardest part, be patient. Methotrexate takes a long time to start working - sometimes even up to 3 months, so don't despair if you don't feel much better for a while. Do remember to take your folic acid too, and if you get any nausea or sickness, there are tablets you can get to alleviate those horrible symptoms. I take my meth at night, and I find I get less nausea if I have eaten well, but it's all down to how the individual copes with it.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, and this is doubly as hard in lots of ways, listen to your body, and don't overdo things. Fatigue is one of the known symptoms of PA, so you must rest before you start feeling tired, whether its housework, work or whatever. If you push yourself to the limit, the pain will feel 10 times worse, as I know from refusing to, as I put it once...'give in'. I learned the hard way.... I'm a very stubborn person and don't like the thought of mollycoddling myself in any way, but you really have to learn to know when enough is enough.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully once the meth kicks in, you will find a huge difference in the swelling and the pain.</p><p></p><p>If your wrist is swollen, you can get a flexible wrist support, either from your occupational health/nurse or you can buy them. They can really ease the pain a lot.</p><p></p><p>I take it you are getting a steroid jab? They can work either work wonders or do nothing.....I have been lucky with them, so it's certainly something worth trying. Remember to rest the thumb/hand afterwards to give the injection the best chance of working. </p><p></p><p>I have intermittent flare-ups with my psoriatic arthritis, I'm currently suffering one, so my rheumatologist has upped my methotrexate, so here's hoping it does the trick. I'm back on painkillers and lots of lovely little pills again! :crazy: </p><p></p><p>Don't think that this, now, is as good as it gets.....many people often can live a perfectly ordinary lifestyle with work and play, for others it's more difficult - it all depends on how your condition reacts to the medications, and if the arthritis is kept in remission. </p><p></p><p>There are lots of other options other than meth, so don't worry too much if it isn't the poison of choice, there are others! :mrgreen:</p><p>Also you will be offered a flu jab; it's well worth taking as our immune systems are drastically lowered with the DMARD's we have to take. </p><p></p><p>Chin up, it's definitely not the end of the world, it just makes life a little more difficult, and you have to take care in making sure that you are as healthy as you possibly can be, a good diet, as much exercise as you can cope with (difficult I know) to ward off any other complications.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, and I hope to hear how you are getting on in a future post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luna21, post: 429088"] Hi again Sunamd. I wish your news were better, but at least now you have a diagnosis, and you know where you stand, so to speak. Firstly, and this is the hardest part, be patient. Methotrexate takes a long time to start working - sometimes even up to 3 months, so don't despair if you don't feel much better for a while. Do remember to take your folic acid too, and if you get any nausea or sickness, there are tablets you can get to alleviate those horrible symptoms. I take my meth at night, and I find I get less nausea if I have eaten well, but it's all down to how the individual copes with it. Secondly, and this is doubly as hard in lots of ways, listen to your body, and don't overdo things. Fatigue is one of the known symptoms of PA, so you must rest before you start feeling tired, whether its housework, work or whatever. If you push yourself to the limit, the pain will feel 10 times worse, as I know from refusing to, as I put it once...'give in'. I learned the hard way.... I'm a very stubborn person and don't like the thought of mollycoddling myself in any way, but you really have to learn to know when enough is enough. Hopefully once the meth kicks in, you will find a huge difference in the swelling and the pain. If your wrist is swollen, you can get a flexible wrist support, either from your occupational health/nurse or you can buy them. They can really ease the pain a lot. I take it you are getting a steroid jab? They can work either work wonders or do nothing.....I have been lucky with them, so it's certainly something worth trying. Remember to rest the thumb/hand afterwards to give the injection the best chance of working. I have intermittent flare-ups with my psoriatic arthritis, I'm currently suffering one, so my rheumatologist has upped my methotrexate, so here's hoping it does the trick. I'm back on painkillers and lots of lovely little pills again! :crazy: Don't think that this, now, is as good as it gets.....many people often can live a perfectly ordinary lifestyle with work and play, for others it's more difficult - it all depends on how your condition reacts to the medications, and if the arthritis is kept in remission. There are lots of other options other than meth, so don't worry too much if it isn't the poison of choice, there are others! :mrgreen: Also you will be offered a flu jab; it's well worth taking as our immune systems are drastically lowered with the DMARD's we have to take. Chin up, it's definitely not the end of the world, it just makes life a little more difficult, and you have to take care in making sure that you are as healthy as you possibly can be, a good diet, as much exercise as you can cope with (difficult I know) to ward off any other complications. Good luck, and I hope to hear how you are getting on in a future post. [/QUOTE]
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