Subject: Re: pregnancy and RA
I am 31 and tried to fall pregnant last year whilst just on sulfasalzine (diagnosed in March 2010. rhumy put me on that as he knew family was important and was getting married in nov) but by December it hadn't happened and so he put me on methtrexate. had to decide that my health had to come first. When we went to see him again in feb he said he thought was doing really well and that by June would have knocked it out of me so I could go back on the sulfa and try again... how wrong was he! From march to june i was suffering so much that gp prescribed various pain killers so i could carry on working. But the flare ups were continous, depression very bad and when was at work my mind was all over the place. We also decided to apply to adopt as things didn't look on the up Saw the rhumy nurse couple of weeks ago. She aplogised for him giving me false hope and for him giving me a low does of metha. She said that regardless of the amount given you still need 6mths clear before trying for a baby again. She upped the dose and I am going for an assement for the biologics in september. She can't do it sooner as they need to prove they have tried everything else. She said that i will feel worse for next three months but to bear with it, oh and that she wouldn't approve me to adopt either! Oh what joy. So now i can't work for at least two days a week cos the side effects of the metha and then the naproxyn gives me such abdominal pain its unbearable So here i am 31, newly married with this bloody disease with not much hope of a family life. We are thinking about doing something exciting if i ever feel better .. just haven't decided what Anyways i just wanted to make people aware that they can give you some false hope .. and felt sorry for myself. Sorry for jumping on your thread. Wish you all the best, fingerscrossed x
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