Yes, I wish they'd just treat too, even though I am fast running out of options. Should have been started on methotrexate at the same time as reducing steroids, but I'm three weeks into reduction now, and no sign of any connection with the rheumatologist to order the MTX,and given that Christmas is coming up fast I don't hold out any hope for getting anything before the end of January. I just feel like I am continually being put on the back burner, and everyone is doing the absolute minimum as slow as they can and I am forever playing a waiting game. When I hear folk in the US complaining about having to wait two or three days for a response from their rheumie, it just drives home to me how bad it is here when I wait months to be seen, and weeks to get any kind of response through GP, which is never as good anyway because its second hand questions and answers.

I think it really has got to complaint stage now, but I just know I'm not the only one, and I'm probably nowhere near the worst either.