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Posts Tagged ‘methotrexate’

How not to use your wrist in 24 hrs…

Posted in Life in the Arctic north, tagged , , , on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Does anyone have any ideas of how to accomplish this? Seems a bit like mission impossible to me Just had a shot in my left wrist and was told by the doctor not to use it for  24 hrs…hm. I’m at the office (typing), then I have to use a monkey wrench to adjust my bike [...]

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Medical experimenting

Posted in Life in the Arctic north, tagged , , , on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As I’m sure most of you know I medicate for a form of arthritis called Bechterew, or AS. I take two medicines regularly; Methotrexate every week and a shot of Humira every second week. I’ve been on the combination of these two for about two years now, and I’ve been really quite well since. Methotrexate is a [...]

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I’m the worst sick person

Posted in Life in the Arctic north, tagged , , , , , , on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I never remember to get my prescriptions renewed.
I seem unable to pick up medicines I’ve ordered.
I constantly get the drugs and days mixed up.
I tend to have my blood tests taken the wrong month.
Basically I’m a disaster!

Today I’m supposed to take my Humira shot, but although I actually remembered to go and order [...]

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