Health Boards
Sun-26-02-2012, 20:29 PM
Replying on this thread
Methotrexate
the following:
Of course I totally do not agree about what is written in this thread![[Image: d020.gif]](https://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/teufel/d020.gif)
(sorry Fred, it's her again).
Methotrexate, well regarding what I read of it, it is quite heavy stuff. I mean that for instance the rule is that you may not get pregnant, that is not nothing. It at least means that the attack that methotrexate does to your cells and replication mechanism is threatening for new life.
What I than not understand is the sentence: "however you should not worry you to much as it has been prescribed by your dermatologist or arthritis consultant....."
It is as if the opinion, although specialist, of theirs is enough to make it sensible to use the stuff.
What do these people know about you? They see you a few times per year, during 15-20 minutes. They see some blood-tests of yours, but those are just momentarily impressions of the state of your health. And on the basis of that they decide if you can use it or not??
In my opinion, the only real expert, is you yourself. Your contact with your own body lasts from the moment that you wake up till the moment you go to sleep. In fact you are the only one that has a 24/7 impression of how you feel.
I have used methotrexate myself. For about 4 months. In that time I have carefully listened to my body. What I felt is hard to describe in Dutch, let alone hard to describe in English. It was as if my body was ehm.. grinding in all its corners, it was devastating. I really got scared of these feelings.
And after 4 months I, not any "specialist" in arthritic psoriasis, no "I" decided to stop with this. This could not be good for me.
I am glad I stopped... I restarted my search for something better and now I am quite happy and healthy again, it's not perfect, but it is way better.
Caroline
Methotrexate
the following:
Of course I totally do not agree about what is written in this thread
(sorry Fred, it's her again).Methotrexate, well regarding what I read of it, it is quite heavy stuff. I mean that for instance the rule is that you may not get pregnant, that is not nothing. It at least means that the attack that methotrexate does to your cells and replication mechanism is threatening for new life.
What I than not understand is the sentence: "however you should not worry you to much as it has been prescribed by your dermatologist or arthritis consultant....."
It is as if the opinion, although specialist, of theirs is enough to make it sensible to use the stuff.
What do these people know about you? They see you a few times per year, during 15-20 minutes. They see some blood-tests of yours, but those are just momentarily impressions of the state of your health. And on the basis of that they decide if you can use it or not??
In my opinion, the only real expert, is you yourself. Your contact with your own body lasts from the moment that you wake up till the moment you go to sleep. In fact you are the only one that has a 24/7 impression of how you feel.
I have used methotrexate myself. For about 4 months. In that time I have carefully listened to my body. What I felt is hard to describe in Dutch, let alone hard to describe in English. It was as if my body was ehm.. grinding in all its corners, it was devastating. I really got scared of these feelings.
And after 4 months I, not any "specialist" in arthritic psoriasis, no "I" decided to stop with this. This could not be good for me.
I am glad I stopped... I restarted my search for something better and now I am quite happy and healthy again, it's not perfect, but it is way better.
Caroline