Hi guys I’ve been so sick been in bed for four days. Somebody turned up for Christmas dinner with a viral infection and 48hes I was totally floored. I doubled up on my inhaler and cocodomol and tried to sit it out but mostly body began swelling up ankles, feet knees hands wrists- everything aches!
I eventually got a Dr yesterday the viral infection I picked up from Christmas has now gone bacterial so I’m on antibiotics. I won’t inject this week but was unsure about hydroxy so I’ve cut them too until antibiotics stop.
Please help! How do you avoid infection? What do you use if anything? I seem to be picking up infection every time I’m in a group!
Any suggestions gratefully received. M x
MTX or hydroxy, help with the sickness!!!!
Another day another infection 
Cold and chest infection
Sickness and Diarrhoea 
Ear infections everywhere! Coincidence? 
To be honest I think a chat with your doc first. They might want to check.your white cells haven't gone too low. If they are ok then for me it's avoiding people contact e.g. hugging and kissing if they have illness you know about. Wash your hands to the tune of happy birthday twice and dry thoroughly and take hand gel everywhere.
Get you flu vaccination. And that's about all you can do. You might just have got this illness whether or not you were on RA meds and life would be unbearable without socialising.
So For me I follow the rules above and keep going. Yes we all just get sick sometimes. However a white blood cell check will comgim if your immunity is too low or it was just bad luck.
Get well soon xxxxxxx