Hi ladies,
It feels like it's been a while. Babyjoy, so sorry to hear you had a flare. Glad it's under control. You're off the methotrexate aren't you, as you're TTC? Glad your rheumy has re-estanlished their place with you. They are important people I have discovered! Mine is wonderful even though I cried my eyes out when I went in last time. And it seems I will have a long relationship with him. There's not many out there though.
I've been on methotrexate for about 6 weeks now (10mg once a week) and am feeling pretty good. No major side effects apart from a bit of nausea the next day. I'm down to 5mg of Pred a day. It did make me gain weight but Christmas didn't help either! My rheumy wants me off the Pred in the next 5 months. Hopefully I won't flare. I'm still having a small amount of pain in my feet, but the pain is nothing compared to the pain I had in my entire body 2 months ago. Glad I made the decision to go on medication. I'm such a better wife and mum.
I'm still having issues with not breastfeeding. I really miss it. But talking to everyone on this forum really helped (thank you!!!). I also wrote everything down and sent a letter into a well known parenting magazine. They actually published it in January's edition! I actually had forgotten about the letter until someone pointed it out to me. I think I just needed to write it all down and do something with it. Once I had sent it, I forgot about it completely!
It's great to read about other peoples medication as well. Gives me something to discuss with my rheumy at the end of the month.
Hope you're all pain free. Good luck with TTC this month Babyjoy.