And what will I need to get have a 16 year teenager still at home and very loyal sensitive elderly dog..... could stay a hermit recluse .... do keep busy but very scared .... teenager can often never listen nor care in dreamworld worried how I will cope prefer to be on my own totally no loving supportive partner
Hi I am 60 years of age and have taken diclofenac for knee pain since I was around 19.I now have pain in my neck which causes headache and cracks and grinds when I try rolling my head to exercise the joint I also have hip and lower back pain knee pain wrist pain and legs ache after walking. I have been to go and they are…
Hello everyone, my names Alex I currently have OA in both knees, left one more severe. Over the last couple of years I have lost a lot of weight to try and help my knees out a bit but recently I have been having a new pain at the top of my left leg just below my buttocks, it hurts the most when I sit down, stand up, laying…
I am due to have a steroid injection in my wrist on Friday but, I have just started a course of steroids for my COPD. My question is, can I still go ahead with Friday's apt without any real adverse reactions? I hope you can help as I have already had to rearrange this apt and I'm getting a bit desperate! Thank you in…
I’ve been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my knee , spine and hands and with PSA In my hands also I was diagnosed by mri and had xrays on my hands and was told I had PSA in one finger I had no blood tests to compare and I’m being started on Methotrexate injections 7.5 going up to 15 I’m worried that they have got it wrong…
Hello I've just started experiencing hip pain and swelling in both hips and surrounding areas. I'm waiting for an x-ray and was wondering where swelling and pain is usually experienced with hip arthritis. As my pain and swelling is in both hips could it be Rheumatoid Arthritis, which is on both sides of my family. I'm 61.…
Hi, Pre-Covid, my then GP thought I might have PSA. Eventually, that was ruled out, and rheumatologist could find nothing wrong apart from 'normal' levels of OA in my hands and feet, which he said 'shouldn't be severe enough' to bother me and my GP lost interest. But I've still got the pain. Moved last month so now have a…
Hi, I was wondering if there was anyone who has applied for their pip renewal and haven't been asked to attend an assessment either face to face or over the phone? My pip was due for renewal anyway but my condition worsened drastically this last year. We filled out the form and enclosed all my medical evidence from my…
Hi. I was diagnosed with Anklosy spondylitis arthritis 10 years ago at the age of 30, It came out of nowhere after a car crash. Before this I was an International Nanny who loved traveling the world and running around looking after small children. I now have no job due to pain and mobility, live with my parents who have to…
Hello there, I am in chronic pain with arthritis in my right hip and right knee. The pain is so bad I'm crying with it - I know that makes me sound like a wimp but honestly it's agony. My doctor switched me from cocodamol which I used to take mainly at night time, only when the pain was really bad, and which were really…
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