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Topic with practical advice for hospital and daily life
Our wonderful forum members have come up with lots of brilliant tips and ideas for living with arthritis you can check them out here. I have tried to group them in such a way that they have a theme Best Wishes Sharon Going into hospital great tips http://arthritiscareforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18036 Ideas to make…
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Topics with suggestion for living a positive life
Our wonderful forum members have come up with lots of brilliant suggestions and ideas for living a positive life with arthritis you can check them out here. I have tried to group them in such a way that they have a theme Best Wishes Sharon Good news if…..http://arthritiscareforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=46572 Acceptance…
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Ideas to make life easier
Hi, editing this to make it a bit easier to find the tip you need :P Mod YEH Hi there I have just had a brainwave - it was an effort to sit comfortable at my table as I could not pull my chair in or swivell round easy. Now I can I am now sat on a goood old Tesco carrier bag and it is brill I can sit down, swivel round to…
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Topic with suggestions for travel and holidays
Post from Buka re travel with biologics I travel regularly with all my medication which includes Humira pens. I have actually flown long haul to Australia and Vietnam without problems. I use a small cool bag with icepacks and newspaper keeping it all as cold as possible. If I do an overnight in a hotel before flying…
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My trapeziectomy.
Two days on and I'm feeling more back to normal. I decided to have a brachial plexus block, but, unfortunately it didn't work very well for me While one half of my arm was completely numb, the other half, the thumb side, was not. So I had another injection, this time into my neck, but even that didn't make much difference.…
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Leg giving way
Hi, I'm having a difficult day today. I have OA in my spine and neck as well as hips and hands. Today my right hip, which is the most painful, keeps crumpling under me and a pain shoots down my leg. My leg goes inwards and I feel I'm going to fall. I nearly did just now but managed to grab a chair back and keep my balance.…
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Acceptance?
Hi Lynn, I've only had this disease for a year but I think I've already reached the acceptance stage, all the other stages just waste too much precious energy & are too negative to get bogged down in - I believe that a positive fighter outlook is an essential part of battling the disease. It's all too easy to get dragged…
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What's this icey-cold and wet feeling on my OA knee?
For the last couple of weeks I have been getting a new, very strange sensation in my worst knee. This is apart from the OA pain and I don't know what to make of it. At times, the area to the left of my right kneecap, where it's always a bit swollen and spongy anyway, suddenly feels icey-cold and sort of wet. Like someone…
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When to expect no pain from big toe fusion?
Hi there - im a 33 year old male who is 4 months into recovery from a right big toe fusion due to arthritis. My consultant said it was a successful operation and that the bones had fused well. However, i am still experiencing a degree of pain when i stand or walk for even a short time. When can i expect to be "pain free",…
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Big toe fusion
Hi folks, I have my big toe fusion booked for Tuesday, finally. Do you have any tips or advice for me, both for the surgery and recovery afterwards. Thank you.
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About disabledkenny1 medical history
newyear02 This is about Kenny's life since conditions started at the age of 14! I was 14 when my right knee started giving away in school & took me to hospital, they did not know what was wrong so stuck me in plaster cast from my hip to my ankle, after 3 months they removed it & told my I had oscoslaters disease (lack of…
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Osteoarthritis Hips Knees Wrists & just broke me leg!
Hi I thought I would join back in as it has been a long time since I have felt up to posting. I have ostoarthritis & have been learning to cope with having my right wrist fused, am now a year in & starting to think I made the right choice even with the limitations of what I can do now. It's worth it to be pain free in my…
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Discount cards
Collating info here from the cinema card thread. Take care Mod YEH
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A balloon in the shoulder joint
Wondered if anyone has had one of these inserted? I have been offered one to relieve pain and reeducate the rotator cuff muscles. Would love to know about the experience and after effects - thanks you guys!