Getting Mentally Prepared
Despite my best efforts the flare-up is now a major problem. Which means I’m back on the methotrexate. I have been dreading this. The side effects and possible risks from the treatment far exceed the disease itself. My old friends nausea & debilitating fatigue are making their presence known. Hi guys.
On a positive note, the nausea will curtail my appetite dramatically. Weight loss! 
Not exactly my first method of choice but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? The only problem with that is my tendency to overcompensate when the nausea eases. I get ravenously hungry and overeat. I’ll have to watch that.
My immune system will be trashed so infection and communicable illnesses will be a serious threat. Fatigue, mouth sores, various ongoing stomach and intestinal problems, irregular heart beats, and hair loss will m regimen for the next two to three weeks.
Yay! (sarcasm)
I apologize to everyone in advance for being a terrible buddy. I promise when this flare-up is on the wane you won’t be able to shake me off with a stick. As for now I have to take rest breaks between sentences. Holding my arms up is tiring and they’re starting to ache.
I’m too damned stubborn to quit I guess, but I figured I owed ya’ll an explanation. As for the leg collapsing? It is most likely one of two things, a pinched nerve or a form of sarcoidosis called neurosarcoidosis. My symptoms suggest the spinal cord may be affected. Which in turn prompted the need for methotrexate traetment. Personally I’m rooting for the pinched nerve scenario.
Iwant to thank you all for the spport and well wishing. It warms the cockles of my heart.
I need to rest now. Take care and be good. Remember, Santa is watching you.
Santa needs some love from BS! Thats creepy…
So sorry for all you are suffering through and yet that wonderful sense of humor remains. Take care, I hope this healing is quicker than you expect.
You are far from being a bad buddy. Take care of yourself.
Praying for you…and that Santa of yours…whoa…he’s a dark looking character. He needs a dose of what the grinch got when his heart grew!
Blessings my friend!
That is a scary santa…. might show that to my 10 year old sister… Mom and Dad are trying to wean her off the idea before next Christmas comes. That picture might just do the job! Oh and it’ll scare her off ever thinking about starting to smoke. 2 birds with one stone… thanks Sam!
I know I said it before, but I really hope things start to look up for you soon. I’ve everything crossable crossed that it’s just a pinched nerve in your back and nothing too serious.
I’m praying for you in church every Sunday, Sam. I have a feeling the ones you say in church are the most effective, so I save the more important ones for that. That evil Santa is way scarier than big foot, if you ask me.