Comments on: Oh well, at least now I have an excuse for a drink or two … http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-1033 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:35:03 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-1033 Yikes! But you probably won’t get many (any?) replies on here as a) I’m really bad at updating comments as you may have noticed and b) there probably aren’t enough people reading it!! If you’re UK-based, you probably want to be on the NRAS forum!

]]> By: Marianne Jones http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-1019 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:53:34 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-1019 Has anyone had a really bad skin reaction to embril or humara. I ended up with celulitus from an injection of embril. Now Im trying humara and pray it works. Pain Pain Pain . I pray no reaction to new med.

]]> By: Jenni http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-993 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:38:42 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-993 Never did drink much before RA either! Perhaps I was missing something….! I am so sensitive to booze now though, my RA doesnt even like a glass of wine. Still. At least Im a cheap night out!

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-981 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:08:05 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-981 Wren, I’m mostly teetotal too … and I think people’s understanding of RA (medics, not just us wot suffer!) is pretty confused still, which is why we get the contradictory and confusing info. In fact I’m so nearly teetotal that I never even got around to that Bailey’s I was looking forward to last night. Something distracted me and I forgot about it!

Helen – good point about not drinking with MTX, but on the amount I think someone (nurse of doc) said just don’t drink on the night you take it. But in fact I hardly drink at all anyway … perhaps that’s why I’ve got RA!

]]> By: Helen http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-980 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:01:16 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-980 I read about that study, too. I try not to drink much with methotrexate, but my rheumatologist has given me the all-clear for two or three a week. I did enjoy a nice gin and tonic at lunch today!

]]> By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-979 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:36:25 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-979 I’ll drink to that!

Seriously, though, the information we get is so confusing sometimes. I wouldn’t mind the occasional tipple — I DO have a glass of wine with dinner now and again — but my doctor warned me off alcohol because of the RA meds I take. Something about liver destruction and how the meds plus the booze could cause liver meltdown. So while a nice shot of scotch might help me deal with the RA pain (yay!) it might cause more serious issues internally (boooo!) Sigh.

I guess I’ll just stick to mostly teetotalling, PP. Cheers!

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-978 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:28:15 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-978 HIC!

]]> By: Maggie http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/oh-well-at-least-now-i-have-an-excuse-for-a-drink-or-two/#comment-977 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:43:40 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=724#comment-977 So do I expect to see you tiddly at Mr & Mrs Mooseface’s wedding? Go easy on the Champers old girl! ;o)

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