Naprosyn, Arthritis,Methotrexate

Had an appointment with my physician yesterday. She was not in agreement that Naprosyn contributes to weight gain but I am going to stick with the experience of myself and others for now. It is tougher to live without it in regard to pain from inflammation but I will trade that for growing in girth anymore! Just using ibuprophen for pain so it's more annoying than debilitating. There is a virus moving through my family and I may be on the front end of it. Not much energy and tired as well as headache all day. It seems to only last for about 5-7 days. This still beats feeling like I am developing the flu everyday. Just one unpleasant side effect of Methotrexate, yet not one of the worst!

Got an Rx for Phentermine, a diet pill to help pare off some of this weight. Also, it seems that being in the mid 40's of life means the metabolism slows and more exercise is required to lose weight. The time I have  put in the past of one hour a day of cardio apparently is just going to be for maintenance. I'll be watching that to see if that is part of my deal.

As for the arthritis treatment (cure) with the antibiotics; the progress is within acceptable limits. The book explains that the amount of time it takes to recover depends upon how long the infection has been present and active as well as every individuals biology. I have always been one to heal fast but swelling from any type of procedure is much greater than others experience. I am prepared for this process to take up to one year.

We have a new puppy and he is a sweet distraction. I am his full time human so trips outside and walking are good to. It's been a long time since we had a dog and I am excited about training a Golden Retriever. We named him Beau ahd he is already loyal and learning to be a faithful companion.