Hello everyone I have just joined, I started late 2018 with knee and hip pain, 2019 x-rays show early arthritis, 2020 really struggling to walk due to pain and knees swelling, put on naproxen then worked my way through the pain meds, im still taking naproxen and 200mg tramadol morning and night, paracetamol, ibuprofen,…
How far can I walk without having to stop. Seemed to be every 5 minutes on a recent visit to Holland. How can I improve on thi
I had my left THR at the end of 2018 and I think it was a success. The surgeon warned me that within 3 to 5 years, I would need the right hip replaced. It is now the time to have this as my x-rays have demonstrated. I am in a lot of pain but I am very active. I have been prescribed Naproxen but I don't think it is making…
I have had elbow pain for over 6 years since a fall. I had tissue growing around the bone for which I had arthroplasty and synovectomy. However, this has left my elbow joint in a terrible state and I have no cartilage left in my elbow. i was offered a radial head excision or an elbow replacement and I am unsure which to…
Hi, my name is Catriona and I live in Edinburgh I was diagnosed with RA and have been on methotrexate since early 2022. I had to switch to the injector as the tablets made me so sick! Glad to have that side affect sorted out! We all have enough to contend with without that! So now just to get the amount of medication right…
hello I have OA in knees and spine diagnosed some years ago. My main pain is in neck shoulders and at the moment both hands all over. i was diagnosed with mlld fibromyalgia against a backround of arthritis around 6 years ago. The hand pain started off with one thumb xray showed arthritis. Now all my hands hurt all over all…
I have had pain and discomfort since I was young but wasn’t diagnosed till I was 25, with OA, I now find I have had some of the RA symptoms for 30 years but kept getting refused a rheummy’s appointment. As always I try to quantify what is happening to me, it seems as though I have been on the slippery slope for a long long…
Hi, my first post. Im 50 years old and wondered if anyone had tried prolotherapy for knee athritis. Ive read a couple of internet sites that this can help regenerate articular cartlidge/knee cap cartlidge as well as helping the surrounding areas. Im really struggling mentally and already tried Hyalauronic acid injections.…
Hi all, New to forum and feel totally lost. I am 34 suffering from Fibromyalgia and AS. I am in extreme amount of pain every day. I do not sleep as I wake with pain. I am awaiting talking therapy to help manage my pains so my doctors have advised this organisation. So here I am, not knowing where to begin or what to say. I…
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