Good evening everyone, I hope you are all doing well.
I just wanted to update you on having taken my first dose of mtx. Without the responses I received in here on Monday I know I would not have gone through with it yet again but with all your help I managed to bite the bullet and am glad to report so far the side effects have been limited to a fuzzy headache. I had an appointment with my GP yesterday as a follow up from seeing the Rhuematoligist last week and I became quite emotional but with her help i realised that it is a big deal to come to terms with this diagnosis and along with maybe the steroids making making me emotional I need to not be so hard on myself. Anyway she has advised I take a little bit of more time before I go back to work...Just to get used to this medication. So I intend to follow that advice and chill out a bit and just wanted to say am so glad I joined in monday and to thank you all again.
Sharon 😀
Well done it's not easy coming to terms with all this. I hope you feel better soon.
Trish
Hi Trish and thank you. Feeling better mentally today already....Fingers crossed meds work and I'll just have to tackle all this one day at a time I suppose.
Sharon☺
Your very welcome. I've been taking MTX for four years now and never had any problems. Hope all goes well for you.
Take care.
Trish
If we ever do come to terms with it Trish,at times i am not sure i do.xxxx
Not meaning to be rude and butt in, but have you planted your dahlia's yet Sylvi?
Not yet darling,not until May when the frosts have finished darling.xxx
You still have frost? Yuk.
Yes we got up yesterday morning to one,not severe,but enough to tinge the leaves of my tomato plants.xxxxx
I love tomatoes, sorry to hear about your tomatoes. Our nights are between 7-10 C
They have survived darling and hopefully the frosts will soon go as it is nearing the end of April.xxxx
Maybe we should notify Shazz10 about this odd gardening side effect of mtx? We seem to suffer from it.
I wondered what you were saying to start with now reading it again i have cottoned on to what you were saying. Brain fog is to blame darling.xxxxx
It's not you. It's my quearky sence of humour.
But there should be a warning about dahlias if you take mtx. lol
Ha ha ha,and any other plant that needs going into earth and needs looking after.xxxxx
I'm also going to start a white garden. I saw a documentary on Sissinghurst's white garden....not as big though...
Oh no...Not another side effect I need to look out for! !😉
Come join our competition Shazz10. What city grows the best Dahlias? Is it Bulkington, Coquitlam or.?... (psst, what is the name of your city?)
Errmmm had to actually Google Dahlia to see what it was! Don't think I'd be any good in your gardening comp! An interest in gardening would be a welcome side effect ...At the moment don't know a weed from a flower...I was once asked by my then husband to pick a bunch of flowers from our extensive garden(all his work) for a grave and apparently included weeds and parsley! I'm in Ireland ..Co louth..Nearest city Dublin.
Wrong young lady i do know a difference between a weed and a dahlia. Shazz you can soon learn darling it is not hard.xxxxxx
Hi Shazz10 - I am an herbalist, and I had to laugh at your post. Almost every single weed someone points out to me or fusses about in their yard is actually a wonderful herb, like plantain, mullein, chickweed, etc. Thanks for the chuckle!
Don't panic Shazz. There is an age thing to be factored in here and I don't think you're at that stage yet
Did you hear the weather forecast last night ( Thursday) Sylivi?
It said getting colder over the weekend with possible SNOW!
I'm emigrating to somewhere with sensible warm weather!
CAn't wait for summer to come.xxxx
Ever the optimist Sylvi!
Call me a pessimist, but I'm not packing away my thermals yet!
But walking around the garden nurseries I just can't wait to start planting ( or watch some else) all the summer flowers!