HI This is my first post :) I have been suffering with ankle pain for months I am over weight doctors first said my ankle was sprained, but after months of pain the did x-ray then said I had a Fracture in my ankle. This week had to go to the fracture clinic where I was told its not fractured but have arthritis and is…
Hi I am a new member and I am 56 years old and a lorry driver. I cannot take Naproxine 500mgs any more because its making my blood pressure very high and my licence would be taken from me. I have arthritus in my spine both hips both knees....both shoulders elbows and wrists....and can only take paracetamol.? This week Im…
Hello, I do hope you can help. I'm 45 and was diagnosed with erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis in every joint, large and small, after sudden onset in October last year. I am having trouble finding information on the internet about this condition. I would be so grateful if you are able to signpost me to helpful sites,…
Hi, I've been having problems for several years now with my hands (mainly the left) going numb while I'm sleeping. I wake up, move slightly and the sensation stops. Recently it's been happening in the daytime when I bring my head forward, accompanied by quite bad pain between my spine and left shoulder blade. I thought it…
Good morning :D Does anyone have any info re: rules for free travel pass? I have OA and possibly fibromyalgia and find it difficult to walk any distances without pain! I drive but don't have a car and in order to qualify for motobility I would need to be awarded the higher rate of PIP, which I don't think I would qualify…
its been a long time since i posted my story on the main forum page and since then ive been very very busy with my new baby (i say new but hes nearly 9 months old now!) but i need some advice re my blood work i had done. i dont want to tell my life story again as it is on the main forum somewhere but a brief outline may…
I was taken off my Naproxen Sodium and ASA after being scoped and diagnosed with bleeding ulcers and erosive gastritis. I saw my rheumatologist yesterday. I had not seen him since last summer. I updated him re: my scope and ulcers diagnosis and also a fall I suffered all in February. I told him I was having great…
Hi I am looking for a little bit of help on rheumatoid arthritis I am 43 years of age and I have had arthritis in both my hips now for about 10 years and developed about 6years ago degenerate arthritis in my neck between c5 and c6, this has left a disc bulging to the left side causing various long term issues, my job is…
Hello I had a THR 2 years ago, everything was going well and I only had a small amount of discomfort in the operated hip which was mainly due to bursitis around the scar. In August I had knee realignment surgery on the same side, which has healed well and physio has resulted in the return of a full range of movement. Two…
Dear All, First of all, let me just say, I am so glad to have found this website/forum . It is a lonely, frustrating place to have psoriasis and arthritis at 47 so I hope to find solace in this forum. I've been prescribed to take Arcoxia 90 mg ( Etoricoxib ) twice a day for 2 weeks for my arthritis and experienced swelling…
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