This is my first visit to the Forum and I wondered if anyone has had an ankle joint fusion and what they think of the results? I have just been offered this surgery, first they want to fuse my left ankle and following recovery my right! This would have me out of work for a year which I can't afford to do. What would be the…
Hello- I am 44 yrs old and have no diagnosis but have finally started to get answers to my long term pain and stiffness. I saw a rheumatologist in March- though my bloods were normal as they always are, he did an xray which clearly showed cartilidge loss in my hips and knee. Then went for bloods again for ESR and CP- came…
hi, Im really struggling at the moment. I'm 27 and for the last 4 weeks Iv been having really bad joint pain, affecting basically all the joints in my upper and lower limbs, but it seems to be migratory and vary. It affects my hips, shoulders, knees, wrists, ankles and hands and feet. I don't have lots of swelling but i…
Hi Everyone, For the past few years been suffering with stiff painful joints. It includes ALL MY JOINTS. Over the last few months been getting dramatically worse to the point my walking is very restricted, also get very tied very quickly. My knees are the worst, it is very spongy/springy when it is the most painful. I have…
when will this end for me? the feeling like im slowly gong insane.I need someone to talk with over the phone or to meet up with peole in the same situation as me. I live in Enfield, north london and am 52. I fractured my right knee twenty years ago and was diagnosed with OA couple months ago in that knee..Have been put on…
I have been suffering from severe TMJ disorder in my jaw for about 3yrs after it was broken 12yrs ago, oesteoarthritis has crumbled the jaw joint away and i will need a full jaw replacement. I am on a liquid/soft diet, have to drink through a straw and live on tramadol tablets, it really gets me down at times as it affects…
Hello - I had my fourth injection of Enbrel on Monday morning before going to work and in fact never made it out of the house. About 20 minutes after the injection I felt sick and then had massive shivers and my joints started to swell and I couldn't move. The ambulance came and gave me steriods and antihistamine.…
Hi - I am a 46 year old female and suffer badly with OA and have done for many years along with other things like FM and migraine, TN, TMJ, IBS and GORD and am very limited on what meds I can take. I have just had to come off HRT becasue it was making me so ill and I wanted to know what supplements I can take to help me…
I have written out the awareness week again to add a few things and due to unforseen circumstance some talks have changed on the saturday sorry for inconviniance. can you remove 27th of aprils enrys thanks joanne
At the end of March I had a bad chest infection, my GP said my throat was red even though I had no throat problem, I had antibiotics from my GP which cleared it up after 10 days. Ever since I have been hoarse even though again I have no sore throat and have been steadily getting more and more out of breath. I have been…
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