3 Sep 2023 1:25 pm
Sorry to hear about your mom, 40 years is a long time to deal with RA.sootedupCyndi » 03 Sep 2023, 12:07 pm » wrote: ↑ I lost my post. posted again.
My mother had this for years. Her hands were like clubs- got it at age 30- died at 70.
so i know a lot about this and went thru years of strange drugs she was on. Even liquid gold shots. LOL
.Methotrexate is a chemo drug. Be careful of this drug. All the folks i know that have been on it- died of cancer... be very careful!!!!
how old are you? can i ask?
I turned 62 in April. Can't say I was thrilled to hear the first option was the chemo drug methotrexate and standard go to for rheumatology doctors. Quite a few people can't handle the side effects of the drug and move on to other avenues. I get a bit of brain fog the next day, the only real side effect for me.The wife joined a few support groups online for RA. The short take away was it appears that the treatment is highly individualized and what works this month might not work next month. On the flip side, some people take methotrexate for 20-30 years and die of something else. Steroids do a good job but just another drug you don't want to take long term on a regular basis.