Hi All

I had my appointment with Rheumatology Department this morning, didn’t see the consultant just one of her team who gave me more consideration than the consultant had last time.

I had my last blood test done on the 25th May and found out this morning that my AST/ALT were 80 and 184, am shocked that I didn’t receive a phone call about this. She has now reduced my MTX from 20mg to 10mg and I am to carry on having blood tests every two weeks for the next two months, hopefully these figures will be back to normal over this time. I must admit I am still a bit worried about this, I assume it’s just something that happens until the MTX is at the correct dosage.

On a brighter note she says I am in remission, my CRP/ESR has been 1 for the last three blood tests. I still have slight pains but a whole lot better than they were.

What a chaotic morning though, the hospital I attend doesn’t have a pharmacy and so I had to go to a different one for my meds, there was a wait of over an hour and a half.

I also mentioned I had been coughing a little and had a tickly throat; she listened to my chest and said there was no problem there.

At least I did get a few questions asked and answered this time, so that was an improvement.

Mary