Guest guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Hi Welcome to the forum Roy from Rugby (UK) > > > Date: 2007/08/13 Mon PM 10:29:33 BST > To: Stillsdisease > Subject: hi, new member here > > Hi there, my name is , I'm 53 and live in London, England, was > diagnosed with AOSD in April > this year after spending three weeks in hospital while they conducted > all sorts of test before finally a rheumatologist worked out what > the problem was. Symptoms first started in February and I was > admitted to hospital because life was becoming extremely painful and I > could hardly walk more than 10-20 yards! Apart from other medication > I am currently taking 12.5 mg of Methotrexate weekly (5gm morning and > evening on Thursday and 2.5 on Friday). I would be particularly > interested in other people's MTX experiences and what kind of > side-effects experienced. Apart from that I'm a dermatology nursing > sister (on sick leave!), live with my husband and one Norwegian Forest > cat, recently we lost another much loved cat (kidney disease), this I > found difficult to cope with – but I've come to terms with it now. I > feel I'm lucky that the Still's was diagnosed as early as it was. > Best wishes to all other members. > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee® Software and scanned for spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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