This was an interesting weekend. Saturday was my first day taking the Methotrexate (15Mg Methotrexate with 60Mg Prednisone) and as I said it was interesting. I was expecting side effects like maybe muscle soreness, backache, stiff joints, nausea, diarrhea or similar and those were not that bad. Actually other than a bit of nausea I did OK by myself as far as that went.

What I did not expect and cannot wrap my head around is the huge hit that my vision has taken and is still taking. I know that Prednisone and Methotrexate both have vision loss and blurred vision as side effects but WOW this is a whole nother level! The blur and the haze have been as bad if not worse than anything I have experienced since this started and it came on within two hours of my taking the medications. I will say that for a short period of time I did experience a slight improvement in the contrast and clarity of my vision so that was something.

Sunday morning when I woke up I got a slight cause for hope. My Field of Vision (FoV) was brighter and the clarity and contrast showed a little improvement but that was short lived. Within a few hours of taking my Prednisone my vision started to slide again and now it is back at the low level(s) I have come to expect from this. I will add that for most of Saturday my area had dense, low hanging cloud cover so there was not a lot of available light and for Sunday we had rain all day and associated cloud cover making for a rough weekend.

When I woke up this morning it seemed like my vision has slipped even more. It seems like the blur, haze, and tunnel vision have continued to increase and I am wondering when will it end if ever? The blind spots have increased in size and number as well. Not I am finding I have to feel around on my counter just to find my pills and that is sad and makes me very angry that it has come to this.

Once my body adjusts to the high doses and/or once I start tapering down will my vision improve or am I just out of luck? Life is not at all kind and I am sure tired of all of it.