Having trouble sleeping with arthritis in my Right hip.always waking up in pain. Only diagnosed in January 23.
Hi I have osteoarthritis in my hand , knee and back .It is painful but not debilitating . I am a very active senior citizen and have always liked to run and play tennis amongst other things . I do a lot of physio too . Has anyone else got any encouraging stories about being able to do these high impact activities despite…
Morning, I’ve had both hips replaced last March/May and things are better - happy days :smile: but I’m an active 33 year old - swapped more impact exercise for less but my work is on my feet 8-9 hours a day and according to my watch I do on average 10,000 steps per day. I know a hip replacement can last between 10 to 20…
Hi, I have severe osteoarthritis and spurs in both knees and am in constant pain, much like everyone else here, I’m guessing. My doc has prescribed naproxen and co-codamol which don’t really touch the pain to be fair. The doc won’t send me to a specialist as they say I’m too fat and they won’t do anything until I have lost…
Hi Everyone and Happy Easter. It's now nearly 4 weeks post op, and thought my energy level was starting to recover. Over the last 2 days I'm back to sleeping all hours God sends- night time and during the day. How long did other people feel this overwhelming exhaustion? I had a total hip replacement. Sheelee xx
Both my hips are stiffer than ever though the left is worse. What I can't understand is that I have faithfully done the exercises from my physio which are similar to those on the Versus arthritis site. However now although I can free them up a bit with exercises they stiffen up almost immediately. After the very short walk…
Hi all I'm new to this,but so glad I found it as felt I wanted to speak to someone else with this and I can't,until now,iam only 39 and had alot of problems over the years with my hands pairwise,I had to go go my gp few months ago as was in so much,they sent me to rheumatologist who said iv got osteoarthritis in my…
Hello I need to have a tooth taken out and are trying to find out if I need to stop my Benepali injection before having it done . Still waiting to hear from the Rheumatology team and its really urgent that I have this tooth removed Has any one got any advice ?
Hi everyone. I think I’ve posted here before many moons ago about my husband and his rheumatoid arthritis but now I’m asking for some advice for me. I have several joint issues that are combining to make me feels much older and decrepit than my age (66). I have a right knee problem which they say is kneecap related and…
Hello. I’m new to this site and have been reading some of the posts - it looks to be very useful and supportive. I have osteoarthritis in my hands and big toes. I also have psoriasis and was initially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, although the diagnosis was changed to OA. I’m slightly nervous that the diagnosis…
It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.
