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Big Toe fusion
I know some of you here have had this, how long did it take for you to be back on your feet? Were you able to walk normally subsequently, and how long did that take. Did all of your pain from that toe resolve with the surgery? Will 1" heels be ok or is it totally flat shoes? Reading some of the literature it seems to be…
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What is 'reasonable'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44210683 I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess I come from an era when virtually nothing was done to help disabled people. I am pre-dropped kerbs, pre-disabled loos, pre-ramp access to shops, pre-Blue Badge even (It used to be orange and just a UK thing not for use abroad). I could…
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Splints
I have rigid thumb/wrist splints and soft fingerless gloves. Neither of them do much good. Apart from constantly having to remove them to wash my hands the thumb splints in particular irritate me by just wearing them. Does anyone else use these or similar & if so, do you get any benefit from them?
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Hip OA and hills
Hi all This is a question for those of you who are still relatively active and have OA of the hip, which it looks likely I have. I’m still very active, walking for exercise around four miles every time I’m out, generally on flat or mild sloping terrain — so, yesterday I was out for a longer than usual walk, in an area I…
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6 month check-up
Everything went well come back in 6 months, yeah me. Sorry haven't been around for a while,I joined a knit and natter club at our local library which meets twice a week, tramping round cemeteries finding family graves with a neice who is doing family history,going to slimming group have maintained my weight for nine months…
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Dog walking, worth doing?
Hi all, thanks for having me. I was diagnosed with widespread OA five years ago at 53. It started in my MTPs and now is most places except my knees and my hips (I expect I have that joy to come!). Following joint fusions in my feet and pelvis (partially successful) I spent about nine months virtually housebound and…
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Pain Sound Effects.
I have always found my hospital's pain scales (they usually run from 1-100) of little use: my 40 could be someone else's 100, another's 30 could be my 80. Last night was not a good one sleep-wise which triggered this idea. Between 2 and 4am I was wide awake with what I could only describe as Scalextric pain: it was running…
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Leflunomide
Hi all, So I've recently started taking Leflunomide 10mg a day For RA. I had been feeling ok with them, but last few times shortly after taking my med, I feel a bit odd. Its a bit hard to describe, its like I feel out of touch ,like I'm far away , and a kind of pressure/foggy feeling , if that makes sense to any one. I…
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NHS Bureaucracy
Not sure if this is the place to post this but this is just a little story that underlines the maddening way the NHS works. I saw my Rheumatologist on Fri 11th and as my inflammitory readings have been high he wanted to check my CRP levels. I subsequently had a blood test the same day. On the following Monday I was at the…
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The doctor called. Got me worried.
Hello again all. Not been here for a while as have found a way to cope day to day with my ra and tablet regime. Until recently. I was having hip soreness when I walked too much, that evolved to massive hip pain if I ran. I stopped running anywhere about six months ago. (My son now lost all interest in football which we…