Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing ok. I am into my 9th year of Rheumatoid Arthritis and after a stressful 2017 and losing my Mum and Uncle 5 months apart, my RA decided to make itself really felt and my first nodules have appeared on my fingers (spotted by a Pip assessor of all people 🙄). I was on leflunomide and…
Oh Lordy 😣😣 My hips are back up waking me in middle of the night & ive just had to take oxycodone. It's just so dreadfully painful, heat, deep heat, analgesia & misery. I've just had my Mtx injections increased from 15mg to 20mg. It's very frustrating, not many places to share this especially in the wee small hours. Much…
I'm 5 weeks post op left side THR. It is my 2nd thr so sort of knew the routine. Anyway I forgot that you had to massage the scar with E45, at least nobody at the joint school and in the hospital mentioned it until I went for my first physio. My friend is a beauty therapist and has let me borrow her massager. It is fab and…
Sorry I've taken so long to come back on the site and update! I wanted to recover from Operation and get on my feet and well into Physio before I came back!! So now Christmas and New Year have passed I'm back to myself again! Things are going pretty great, walking fairly well and without sticks or walker round the house!…
This may be the last request of the year! I have a physio appointment tomorrow, Friday at 1.00, back at my local hospital and made following my pain clinic appointment so I presume it's to see if there are any exercises that might help. If anyone is free pop along
We spent Christmas Day at our son's so, naturally, ordered a taxi home so that all could eat, drink and be merry. And we did and we were. The taxi, when it came, was enormous. It had a little platform step up and a grab rail at the side of the door. I was working out how to grab it (It was right at the limit of my reach)…
Hi guys I hope you are all as well as possible. Just a quick question about cold sores. I’ve got 5 in total at the moment and I can’t seem to get rid of them. I’ve got cold sore cream which I’ve been rubbing on for the past week but I woke up this morning and they’re more painful than ever. I used to take echinacea for…
Hello, i'm finding the cold weather absolute hell. This morning i woke to my hip in agony.....then the doorbell went!......tried to get out of bed, but i was so slow in doing so that when i got to the door no one was there. But the pain, even though i had taken painkillers the night before, was sharp when i tried to turn…
One of my options is an Ankle Fusion. Is it possible to immobilise your ankle externally using ankle braces ? Has anyone tried it ? has it been successful? Can anyone recommend the best brace to achieve maximum rigidity please. regards Carlos
I have decided that although I have retired from teaching I am not going to describe myself as retired, mainly as that adds about 5-10 years to my age! Instead I am describing myself as a former teacher who is now a small business owner with a unique range of jewellery. Words are powerful, and how we describe ourselves is…
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