Starting MTX

[D Foster]

Strange letter from my GP asking me to go and have my bloods done again and repeat in 3 months.

Seems rather strange so rather than getting down about it just assuming its a cock up and they don't seem to know whats what.

If there was an issue it would probably say urgent or they would have rang me. As for saying repeat in 3 months I am having it done in 10 days. 

So now I have to wait for Monday and call them.

It is quite normal with this treatments to have your bloods checked regularly certainly at the beginning. This also holds for my treatment.
Mostly is it because of three things. There are occurrences that the medication reduces the lymphocyte count and that may not go lower than a certain level, your kidneys will have to be able to deal with it, which can be seen at some level of one of the blood elements and also your liver needs to be kept an eye on.
If all goes well and these three are good, then the treatment can be continued.

So it is purely for safety reasons.

Caroline is right ,when I first started ,well it will be nearly 12 years ago as I was on MTX 9 years, they did the blood tests every week for 6 weeks then every two weeks for a further 4 weeks then every three months. Stop worrying it's fine just normal.