Thanks so much Bluesfan - always touched that anyone here remembers me when I disappear for months. Moving location and getting youngest son to uni are my excuses this time.

I probably should ask this on a separate post but an optician just discovered that I've developed optic neuritis in one eye. Fortunately for me it's not in the macular part of the eye but I'm a bit alarmed nonetheless. Trying to work out how urgent it is that I tell my new rheumy as I'm back in my island home for a few weeks so no access to my new GP. I looked it up earlier and like many of my symptoms/ conditions it seems to relate most commonly to MS. But other autoimmune diseases can cause it too as can infections and certain drugs - although less commonly. I've had infections and plenty of drugs this year. It wasn't there last year as he had a photo of my eye ball to compare it with.

Perhaps one of the infections this year has caused it or more likely my autoimmunity. Oh well another sign that I'm not entirely off my trolley with my symptoms perhaps?!
Mat x