Re: Blah (low grade fever, feeling sick)

[Guest guest]

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You should most certainly make an appointment to be seen. I'm a little

disappointed that you haven't yet. I know it's hard, especially when we

feel really awful and don't even want to leave the house if we can help

it, but it's important! If I lived closer to you, I'd be knocking on

your door in the morning, driving you myself. Please have this checked

out. It's always better to be safe than sorry.

Also, don't hold your breath waiting for the Methotrexate to start

working. It's notoriously slow-acting. It takes anywhere from 6 weeks to

upwards of months before you'll really notice any change. Most times,

anyway. For my son, it really didn't seem to do a whole lot of anything

for ... years. Not until we switched to injections. Hopefully you'll be

one of those people who respond just as well when taking it in pill form

but it's known to take some time before it starts working.

Let us know how things are.

Aloha,

Georgina

superstahlisa@... wrote:

> Well I feel like such not goodness. As some of you know my sister was

> in the hospital she had a kidney infection, so luckily it was nothing

> contageous. But for the last two weeks I have been running a low grade

> fever of 99-100. Aside from being incredibly tired and a bit of a dry

> cough that comes and goes I haven't really had any other signs of a

> cold.. but this whole low grade fever thing is bothering me.. between

> being incredibly hot one moment and then really cold the next I don't

> know what to do. I realize 99 isn't even considered a fever but any

> ideas what might be causing this problem, and what should I do. I've

> been on methotrexate for about a month and a half..with absoulutely no

> improvement.. I just don't know what to do. Hate to sound over dramatic

> and desperate but ive felt like straight crude for the last few

> months... and now I'm feeling even worse so its just no fun.. any advice

> would be great..

>

> (poly JRA and spondy age 18)

[Guest guest]

I have an appointment to see my rhuemi at the childrens hospital tomorrow. So hopefully i'll find out what's going on. I just really hate missing a day of school. During high school I missed so much school, and now that I'm in college and the classes are more important I really don't want to get behind. But I guess its important that I stay well to be in these classes. I'll keep you all up date as to what happens at the doctors.

(poly JRA and spondy age 18)