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Mon-07-03-2022, 15:33 PM
Welcome to the club, Hanny. Both Fred and Jim's approaches are options for you. You could practice the assertive insistence to not take Methotrexate and see if the doctor goes along with you or insists on trying methotrexate. He or she may be bound to insist, even if they don't want to, for whatever the system's protocols may be.
Then if you have no choice but to "try" the methotrexate, you accept it, don't take it, and complain of the nausea.
But . . . they may then offer you an injectable form of the methotrexate, so I don't know how you would avoid that.
As for the baby angle, if you or your partner are of child bearing age, that is the surest excuse. Or if you have a woman of child bearing age (daughter, relative, friend) living with you, you should assume she is trying to get pregnant and say that she is. Methotrexate should not even be near a pregnancy.
Good luck. Glad you found this club.
Then if you have no choice but to "try" the methotrexate, you accept it, don't take it, and complain of the nausea.
But . . . they may then offer you an injectable form of the methotrexate, so I don't know how you would avoid that.
As for the baby angle, if you or your partner are of child bearing age, that is the surest excuse. Or if you have a woman of child bearing age (daughter, relative, friend) living with you, you should assume she is trying to get pregnant and say that she is. Methotrexate should not even be near a pregnancy.
Good luck. Glad you found this club.