Hi guys, I'm looking for some advice. I've had chronic pain in my knees, and at times lower back hands for the last 3/4 years. I have seen my own GP about this and he thinks I have RA but never had an official diagnosis. But recently the pain in my knees has been constant, it's just a constant flare it feels. I know that…
I am 32 and have not yet been diagnosed although at my first rheumatology appointment the rheumatologist said he thinks I have rheumatoid arthritis. I have had x-rays on my hands and feet and last week I had an ultrasound. When I saw him at the beginning of October I was suffering from a swollen middle finger and a sore…
I had some bloods done a while ago and my gp was surprised when one of them showed pernicious anaemia although the same bloods showed I wasn't anaemic. She said it was probably something else going on and left it at that. Since then my fibromyalgia has worsened and I have been told that I have osteo in my left knee, lower…
I can't believe I'm actually going to admit this - but I'm really, really struggling with my husband's illness. His symptoms started just 6 weeks after our wedding. He was diagnosed with PSA just over a year ago. He started on methotrexate in January 2013, when I was two months pregnant with our first child. We are in our…
Dear Sir/Madam I am 32 and have not yet been diagnosed although at my first rheumatology appointment the rheumatologist said he thinks I have rheumatoid artritis. I have had x-rays on my hands and feet and last week I had an ultrasound. When I saw him at the beginning of October I was suffering from a swollen middle finger…
Can anyone tell me what the current progress is – or otherwise - vis-à-vis the Newcastle/Keele/Aberdeen stem cell research? How is it reported in both the professional (which journals are papers published etc) and public theatres? Some of my questions are quite simple: how is this work (and the results) co-ordinated and…
Just as the title says really, does anyone know how long it takes sulfasalazine to kick in properly? I'm only on my third week, so only week 1 of full dose but I'm having such a hard time with pain at the moment. My mornings are terrible, instead of it being an hr or 2 before all the aches and pains ease its like double…
Hi, I am currently waiting to see a Rheumatologist to assess whether I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia or Reactive Arthritis. Since having major jaw surgery in August, I have been ill and having trouble with joints since September. Originally, the doctor diagnosed Reactive Arthritis as my wrists, fingers, thumb and…
I have been having problems for a couple of years and was told in July I have sero-negative spondyloarthropathy possible psoriatic arthritis as I have some nail changes but no psoriasis. I am in a lot of pain and currently not able to work. I have not had any raised ESR/CRP (which I was told can happen in inflammatory…
i am new to this, my hands are so painful i cant even hold a cup, i have tryed all i have been told have you any thoughts. i am 49 and this is all new to me as i only found out i had this about 4 months ago, it is in my hands, hips and spine, is life worth living with this?
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