Hi Prefabkid is back! Firstly it's nice to see a few familiar names - mig,GraceB,sticky,nearly bionic and of course Dream Daisy to name a few!I see from my 'profile' I joined 8 years ago today. :o I had my new ankle 7 years ago and my hip 2 years ago,posted about both! Have been suffering pain in my left foot (same side as…
I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis . Today I’m in quite a lot of pain when I feel like this I am quite often sick is this normal ???? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have a hard lump on my right hand on the palm almost at the mid point between my thumb and index finger. my consultant says this is a trigger point...what is this?.obviously i know what it is (a hard lump) but what does this mean to me. does it serve a purpose?
Hello. Does anybody have experience of switching hospitals to one under another trust and do you know the best way to do this? I've been under one terrible rheumatology department for three years and I've finally reached the limit of what I can take. I have somewhere else in mind that's not too far away. Do I ask my GP to…
Hi everyone I've just joined and have sero-negative RA and also have Osteoarthritis as well, I've had RA for 4 years now and am doing not bad at the moment, I'm on Humira and Methetrexate 20mgs but the 1st couple off years were a struggle trying to get the right combination, I was on Benepali before Humira and worked for 4…
Hello, I was just wondering if anybody has any advice regarding the best type of bed for RA sufferers. I have been looking at the memory foam mattresses but am really unsure if they are the best way forward. I know that everyone has their own individual preferences but any advice would be much appreciated re support and…
Hi all I’m posting for the first time on here after being diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in my hips and knees. I’m wondering what vitamins people take and how well they work? Upon searching the web there seem to be so many different vitamins and I’m hoping someone can guide me in the right direction through their own…
My neck hurts so much I can't bear to move it and I stink of deep heat now I know it won't do any good but I used it cause I can't stand him whittering on about it so I used it to shut him up, my daughter said to him you know mums not the mardy sort so it must be hurting her,I also have lower back pain which is shooting…
For everyone, not just those with autoimmune types of arthritis. Some will have read that I was prescribed 25mgs daily of pred for an ear problem. (Glue ear, as it happens which pleased me as I had thought that a problem for young people.) Mine was probably the remains of a bad chest infection I had this time last year. I…
People come on here complaining that no-one understands and I keep telling people that, until a disease / illness / event affects our own lives, none of us really understands, much as we try to. I now understand a little more about wildfires. There are always wildfires round Los Angeles at this time of year brought by the…
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