Do you currently use Twitter? Two helplines chats will be running on Twitter every Wednesday and Friday from 2pm - 4pm and we would love to know what topics you would like raised in these sessions. Do feel free to share your thoughts and ideas with us. Emma-Jane, Helplines Team. Please come and join us!…
Hi I recently had a fall and following an X-ray was told that I have arthritis in the femur. I also have degenerative disc disease. I am having difficulty walking. I have had 5 sessions of hydrotherapy and do ok with the exercises, but walking is extremely painful. Will this get better and how long will this take. I am…
I received a phone call last week and thought the caller was from Arthritis Care. The next day a woman called to see me, I thought she was coming to have a chat and advise me on massage. Having already explained to the man on the phone I have a thoracic aortic aneurysm. He assured me she would just have a chat, anyway the…
hi im new on here not sure if im on the rite thing but i need some help and advice re:my condition i was diganoised with Bilateral degeneration with underlying instability in july last year. before the diganosis i had this condition from the age of ten now iam in my thirtys, i have attended physiothearpy,pain management…
hi, i have been diognosed with oa, can inflamation in the body cause feelings of heat which last about 5 minutes. i am 67. turky.
Hi My blood tests came back 'zero negative' and scans didn't show what the consultant expected but is treating me for rheumatoid arthritis. I've declined Methotrexate as I don't want to take such a strong drug if I don't have arthritis. What puzzles me is that I can have pain/inflammation in a joint which disappears after…
I have the flu at the moment and have been advised not to inject methotrexate using my metoject pen but leave it a week. Should I still take folic acid or do I leave this also for a week? Please can you advise
Can you advise me on what gloves to get. My hands get very cold and my thumbs in particular have recently become very painful. In addition my skin splits at the top of my thunms in cold weather. It is extreemely cold where I live, day and night.
Hi I am very scared as I have Anxiety but have to have a hip replacement in march. Dreading this, as I am a carer for my Husband as he has chronic OA of Lumbar spine, hips & knees , and is deaf & severely sighted. I am on distalgesic through Gp. Meanwhile Hubby has been on all sorts Robaxin, Zydol, tylex each day for over…
I was diagnosed with OA in both thumbs earlier this year, after virtually incapacitating my hands by an excess of gardening. I don't have any prescribed meds. I try to take as few ibuprofen or painkillers as possible, working on the basis that if something hurts too much I'll stop doing it for a while which is not in my…
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