mtx shortage and shots

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Hi and Happy New Year. I have just caught up on all the emails. Christmas was

of course

chaotic and exhausting. We finished decorating the tree on Christmas morning

before our

guests arrived! Trying not to overdo : )

I had the same problem with mtx with preservatives going missing from the

pharmacy.

The pharmacy only had the presevative-free type. My rheumy said that he would

prefer I

use the form without preservatives anyway, that he had written the original

prescription

for the preservative-free form. He also said that it keeps in the refridgerator

just like the

enbrel. Perhaps that is a solution rather than having to go without. I tried

that and

wouldn't want to try it again. Now in PT for plantar fasciatis because of it.

When I was young they couldn't catch me to give me shots. It took at least two

people to

do it. Also, I used to faint when I had to have blood drawn and now (after 6

months) would

rather give myself my shots each week than have others do it for me. I don't

even feel the

mtx, though I do the enbrel. The 50 mg stings (not the needle, the solution)

but if I go

really slowly, stopping when the stinging starts, it's okay.

Fran, so sorry to hear about your hip. I hope your scan has the answer and that

you are up

and about soon.

Jerre