HI, thought I'd say hello and give a short summary of my story. I had a pretty bad injury to my ankle in Dec '21 while rock climbing. Spent months in a cast (thank god no external cage), boot, then rehabilitating my ankle to walk and it seemed to have healed well by last summer. Over the course of some weeks at the start…
I had my op and seemed to be progressing slowly. I had my 6 week follow-up with consultant/surgeon. He thinks I am doing ok. It will take time. I knew I had arthritis in my right hip, and we were unsure what to do first. We opted for knee as that was most painful. Robotic and epidural which was fine. He is suggesting I…
Hi 👋 it’s now over 4 weeks since my hip replacement surgery, I’m using just one crutch around the house and when I go out. I’m trying to hobble around my house without using any crutches but sometimes think I’m over doing it! I’m getting so frustrated as I thought I’d be further on in my recovery by now. I thought I’d be…
Thank you very for the advice on my post yesterday, great help. The pain article was quite helpful. I’m already taking paracetamol, dihydracodiene and etrocoxib. Don’t get much, if any benefit from them. I’ve barely slept again with the crushing pains, now the hot flushes are coming . When my flare is quite bad , as it is…
Hi everyone, I’m Dave, 38 from Glasgow. I was diagnosed with sero-negative arthritis 10 years ago, it started in my knees and flare ups were maybe only every 6 months or so. I would get the knees drained and a steroid injected which seemed to help greatly. Over the years it became worse and last June I was diagnosed with…
Hi all I'm 38 and living in Jersey, diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis about a month ago. After struggling with pain in my hands and feet for a few months I visited my GP and was told it was plantar fasciitis (feet) and RSI (hands) and was given exercises to do and a round of naproxen. Months went by and there was no…
Hello everyone. New to the group and have problems with my knees, mainly going up and down stairs
Age 63, pain in neck,shoulder, elbow, fingers,knee,ankle for long time , been to doctors was giving ibuprofen (naxo) ,told to book physio, been back several time now on cocodamal, but no diagnosis of my symptoms, how do I know what arthritis it is , pretty sure it is arthritis but how to treat if not had confirmed???.Also…
How do you cope with a massive life change ? How do you accept the change from a normal life to a life where you become a prisoner of your home and bed ? I live alone with no help , my daughter said its not her job to help me , I hardly see my grandchildren anymore and I have no motivation what so ever. How do you want to…
It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.
