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1 1/2 or 2 on the sides every 2/3 weeks
that is properly short, I think mayobumblebee is a woman so more than likely not growing out from a shaved head.
Once shaved it gets more sunlight and you can apply creams etc better, but my scalp was so bad for years that I could not have a tight cut as it looked so bad.0 -
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His words to me were ‘you have it bad, but don’t worry, I will clear it for you and keep it away’
When he explained Metho to me he said i’d expect to be on it for a year...hopefully I won’t be!
Hope your diagnosis isn’t causing you too much stress Gael.
This whole getting older and getting ailments is zero craic, is it? 0 -
Eeloe don't worry too much about the methotrexate, you know yourself, you always see the worst stuff online.
I'm on it a good few months now, lost track, could even be 6 months or a bit more ?? and it's grand.
I practically have no side effect now.
I'm still on the starter dose, we didn't increase it and we changed the way I take the folic acid (it stops/reduces side effects), I now take it 4 days a week instead of taking one big dose one day a week. It did the trick mostly and really improved on side effects.
Still a bit of a slump the day after taking it. If there are other things going on, like general tiredness, or some other health issue, I would expect proper tiredness the day after. Generally it's ok and I can function fine, and I'm better the next day and the rest of the week.
I haven't had hair loss. Maybe a slight thinning, but I'm not really sure tbh, maybe it's just me imagining it, my family say they don't think my hair looks any different.
I do heal slower, and have an increased risk of infection, I definitely see that, but I haven't had to rush to A&E for anything either ! But I had a problem with a toenail there this holiday, and it bloody lasted 3 weeks until it started healing ! Not a huge deal, but you'll find yourself being a little more careful about every day little cuts or grazes.
I feel my dose is too low tbh, as I still have some stiffness and fatigue after activity, and some plaques have creeped up again. But not many !
I was mostly interested in getting my life back from crippling pains and unrelenting fatigue and stiffness, and I would say that it's a 60-80 % improvement on how I was before for me.
It's worth it in my book !
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Topicals(enstilar and other creams) never actually gave me clearance, they literally only removed the flaking for me, so i was always left with the red plaques.
How long have you been using the Enstilar? if you're finding it really itchy, particularly at night time, my GP advised me to use Phenergan anti-histamine just before bed, 10ml of it, and you sleep like a baby, basically knocks you out cold so you can't scratch it in your sleep, i find if i don't scratch it in my sleep, it's not itchy the next day....which aids in the healing.
It's no joke on the feet, i thought i just had really dry feet from getting mat burns at training, turns out my soles are covered in P. 0
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