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Coping with horrible pain ...
Hello, I have arthritis all over my body but still haven’t been diagnosed with an specific illness. My rheumatologist just said poliarthitis and that he would need to see my MRI scan to be able to diagnose me. I currently take arcoxia, amithriptyline and co-codomal. These do not seem to be working. I’m never not in pain.…
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Unintended Exercises - Part 2
1. Decide to prepare salad early despite feeling tired so as to then be able to relax with a glass of summat lovely when Mr SW returns from golf course. 2. Remove celery from fridge and, in doing so, knock an opened box of blackberries. 3. Watch in dismay as blackberry box, in turn, knocks over opened grape box. 4. Make…
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Feeling low
I feel really **** now, just found out I have moderate to severe osteo-arthritis in my left knee, I can't believe I have in the past 17 months been diagnosed with mild to moderate arthritis in both hands, severe arthritis in right foot, moderate arthritis in left foot, and moderate to severe arthritis in left knee. I feel…
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Angry.
That's one word for how I am feeling, it's not a DD thing is it? Today is my cousin Aileen's cremation. She died as she lived, efficiently, with no fuss or bother. Her attitude always was to roll up your sleeves and get on with it and she did. The heat has been taking its toll with the PsA being very active but I was…
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Back again
Hello everyone I have not been on this site for quite sometime as everything was going fairly well but I have had a really torrid time of late I seem to be getting one flare up after another a couple of weeks ago I had a really bad flare on my knees at the time I had one of the worse colds I can remember. I saw the…
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Sore toe
I have RA in my toes and feet among other joints. I also have nerve damage in my feet from a long standing back condition. The toes on my right foot are painful at present but yesterday I noticed that the tip of one toe is discoloured ( greyish). I don’t recall bashing my toe resulting in a bruise but it could have…
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tennis elbow and hip bursitis
I have hip bursitis on my left hip, and tennis elbow on my right elbow. Although, both hips and both elbows hurt, those sides are worse and have had a dr. (before my current rheumy) tell me that is my issue. So now I know I have RA. So.....does RA just make you more susceptible to these types of issues......or is it that…
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Metoject storage in high temperatures
The instructions specify that Metoject should be stored at room temperature - ie, lower than 25 degrees C. This house has been like a sauna for weeks now and it crossed my mind yesterday that I ought to check the temperature inside the usually cool cupboard where I keep my meds. It was over 27C - and probably has been for…
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Time
We talk a lot about pacing ourselves and the true value of it has struck home these last few weeks. July was always going to be a 'difficult' month, arthritically speaking, with first my sister here for two weeks then some old friends for a week and finally, the day after they leave, 2-3 tricky nights on a friend's sofa…
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Shoulder pain
Well, I seem to get one thing under control and something else crops up, my GP prescribed Amitriptyline for nerve pain (I have OA in my hips) and after early side effects that have now settled down they seem to be working their magic and I was relatively pain free, not so now, I’ve been suffering shoulder pain, both of…
