Health Boards
Sun-24-04-2016, 13:10 PM
Hi Jamie , you are just up the coast from me in sunny Bridlington ,at last another person from Yorkshire that will sort them out. By the way Jim North and East Yorkshire , we are even precious about that as well !!!!
I took MTX for nine years plus , six by tablet at 25mg and just over three at 20mg by self injection and it worked for me in fact quite well until the side effects caught up with me. Some people don't have many side effects and some do ,I took Cyclosporine and I thought I had died and woke up it was very bad for me but again others don't have any trouble at all, luck of the draw. I think that my level of MTX was quite high compared to some and this made a lot of difference when it came to side effects, other people ,such as Caroline , are really against it calling it poison which I personally think is a little over the top as it's a bit of horses for courses .
It is a toxic substance but quite a lot of drugs are and the main thing to do is to make sure that your bloods are OK on a regular basis and don't take any chances such as alcohol with it which increases the kidney/liver damage aspect.
I am on Stelara now Jamie and it's just fantastic ,I have 99% clearance, 80% ish was the best I got on MTX , you do have to jump through a few hoops first to get onto bio's.
I have had quite a few problems with the NHS and I go to the Dermatology in Hull even though like you I am in the York trust area ,I got sorted before York took over and I am in a good position because it's a private health service that does dermatology in that area so I get really good service. I can recommend Dr Britton who works through the Spire Hospital but it's a bit to far for you to go from Whitby .
Anything I can help you with just let me know, PM me if you want.
Dave
I took MTX for nine years plus , six by tablet at 25mg and just over three at 20mg by self injection and it worked for me in fact quite well until the side effects caught up with me. Some people don't have many side effects and some do ,I took Cyclosporine and I thought I had died and woke up it was very bad for me but again others don't have any trouble at all, luck of the draw. I think that my level of MTX was quite high compared to some and this made a lot of difference when it came to side effects, other people ,such as Caroline , are really against it calling it poison which I personally think is a little over the top as it's a bit of horses for courses .
It is a toxic substance but quite a lot of drugs are and the main thing to do is to make sure that your bloods are OK on a regular basis and don't take any chances such as alcohol with it which increases the kidney/liver damage aspect.
I am on Stelara now Jamie and it's just fantastic ,I have 99% clearance, 80% ish was the best I got on MTX , you do have to jump through a few hoops first to get onto bio's.
I have had quite a few problems with the NHS and I go to the Dermatology in Hull even though like you I am in the York trust area ,I got sorted before York took over and I am in a good position because it's a private health service that does dermatology in that area so I get really good service. I can recommend Dr Britton who works through the Spire Hospital but it's a bit to far for you to go from Whitby .
Anything I can help you with just let me know, PM me if you want.
Dave