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after 8 days of hell I woke up this morning feeling wonderful. Last time I blogged I was more worried about my knees than steroid withdrawal symptoms but I soon realised that withdrawal was the big beast.

I know that everyone is different & reactions to ...

I was diagnosed with RA in 1989. Having had Polio as a child, with dozens of operations in my early and late teens, my pain threshold is pretty good but in 2006 my RA consultant insisted I started Methotrexate to alleviate the ever increasing debilitating flare-ups. I began on a low tablet dose ...

Over the past ten months I have perfected the smile that doesnt quite reach the eyes.



Just last week I had a meeting on the fourth floor of a building at work; when I turned to take the lift rather than the stairs, the colleague I was with looked at me with ...

I have been very surprised at the side effects of some of the medications we have to take.

I take prednisone and methetrexate but my rheumatologist only told me to take the folic acid to counteract the MTX and to watch out for the sun. This is interesting as he gives me vitamin D ...

The call came!! I could hardly believe it... my rheumatologist on the other end of my phone on a Monday afternoon. Do you suppose she’d got wind of the fact I might be considering a second opinion?

Anyway up, she was ringing to update me on two main issues but had waited to see if ...

I've been quiet for a while as I let the methotrexate and enbrel soak in, and knock on wood, it's doing wonders!! It's only been a month, and I am feeling really good. I am also weaning off the predisone (I swear it makes me crankier than usual). Coming off the predisone has left my ...

Hello everybody,
Having spent the last few days reading other peoples blogs I thought it was about time I added one of my own.

So....my story so far. I'm a relative newbie to all things Rheum so I'm still learning. I was diagnosed in October 2008 just a few weeks ...