How to do a methotrexate injection
November 14, 2012For those of you who’ve been following my intermittent chronic pouchitis story, in the summer and September of this year, I took a drug called methotrexate, a chemo medicine, via pill form. This made me very tired, so I thought I’d try the injection-version, as several of my friends take it by injection to ward off side-effects. I tried the injection for 6 weeks, and it still made me just as tired, so I no longer take it.
However, before I stopped, I made this video about how to inject it. Hopefully you never have to take this medicine, but if you do, enjoy the video!
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
Question: Have you taken methotrexate for any reason? What was your experience with the medicine?
Dennis have you thought about going back to an ostomy? It seems the Jpouches fail more they succed.I have had an ileostomy for 2+ years now and have never felt better.A friend of mine had the takedown surgery months back and had problems from the get go. Just last week she had surgery to get her ostomy back.She is a very young woman and I am concerned about her.Since the recent surgery she has developed an opening around her stoma,a hole for lack of a better term.The stoma nurse told her to fill it with paste to help fight off an infection and in time it will heal.Isnt the stoma sewed to the skin? I just have concerns and wanted your opinion.
You have helped me so much with my ostomy,even before my surgery.I watched all your videos many times before the surgery and you prepared me well for post op/ostomy life.I never got to tell you or thank you for all your help untill now.Thanks and keep on keeping on.May you find relief soon on this busy road to normalcy we all travel with this disease.Much love.~jimmy~
Hi Jimmy,
Thanks for the encouragement. I’ve heard of those stoma holes before: sometimes they heal on their own, sometimes they need additional surgery to fix. But I don’t know enough about them.
I personally have nothing against ostomies, obviously, and if I have to go back to one, that’s fine. At this time, I figure I will try all medicinal options, tolerate the pouchitis as long as possible, and then have surgery if I need to.
Switching back to an ostomy, though, doesn’t necessarily mean problems will be fixed. As in your friend’s case, even ostomy surgery can have complications.
Plus, without a J-pouch, my small intestine will be even shorter, making digestion that much more difficult. I really enjoyed my first two ostomies, but there’s no guarantee a third one would be just as easily managed.
So there’s pros and cons, risks and benefits either way. Statistically, most people with J-pouches have few to no problems with them. Those of us who have problems just tend to tell our stories more, so it gives a skewed perspective.
~Dennis