Hi everyone !!!! Fantastic news today which I would like to share with you all.i am now on week 11 of mtx and this last 3 weeks have felt a huge improvement in my joints and my general well being ,hallelujah !!! Hardly any stiffness and pain in my shoulders and fingers and once again I can kneel down on my knees,haven't been able to do that since April !! I now walk up and down the stairs normally.lets hope this may long continue and for now I'm one happy bunny,what a lovely Xmas pressy for me :))))
Onto the rheumy appt with my nurse today,I was so excited to tell her how great I was feeling,she already knew how well I felt because of the gleaming smile on my face wen I walked in.she asked if someone was feeling better,which I replied oh my god yes.she was very very pleased for me and told me all my blood results,my esr was at 28 and on week 10 of mtx it was down to 14,under 10 and I am back to normal,this wonder pill has worked wonders for me?she is not going to increase my mtx at this present time,but if I feel any stiffness and pain coming back,to ring her and discuss,her next option if this was the case is to up the mtx to 17.5mg then few weeks later to 20 mg,if no further improvement hydroxy will be added.but at the time today I am staying as I am !!! She said as I have strong /positive anti ccp I will always be closely monitored as there's a chance mine is aggressive RA,I asked her does this mean I will be very bad in the future,and she replied absolutely not,not now you are being cared for and treated.if I wasn't I would be in trouble but this is not the case.she told me to go home and have a fab Xmas as my RA seems to be well under control on mtx and then my subject turned to alcohol.......
She laughed as I explained my need for a Malibu or some wine over the weekend,at Xmas parties coming up etc etc,she checked my liver results and all good,so told me my hospitals guidelines for alcohol while taking mtx is 10 to 14 units a week,I screamed with delight and said well is one small glass of wine 2 units and she sed yes so even though I won't I can now have 5 small glasses over a week,but not always at once.i will not do this every week of course not but at least I know my limits.the last 3 weekends I have had just 2 small glasses of wine on a sat nite and its been lovely as I was too scared for 8 weeks wen I started mtx to drink anything so went teetotal,she sed my alt has stayed the same throughout,last Mondays blood test was fine and I had my 2 glasses of wine the sat nite before,so now I'm gona relax a bit about this subject.i k now some of you cannot tolerate any like tilda she gets a raised alt even after a tipple,so we are all different,so as long as my bloods come back normal every month I will continue to enjoy my little luxury,if at any stage it doesn't i will stop.she sed it would go back to normal and to stop worrying and enjoy Xmas.i hope this helps some of you wen worrying over alcohol.have your blood tests,make sure they're ok and then you will reassured.my family and friends are so pleased for me today and Claire my lovely mate on here,who is doing wonderfully herself has showed massive support,friendship and care,thank god for this site.i know I'm good today and next week I may not be,but TODAY I'm feeling great.positivity is my goal.lots of love to you all Michelle xxxxx
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