Hello everyone, I am waiting on a hip replacement like many of you. I have been very fortunate to have had good health up to my diagnosis, a keen Munro Bagger and walker sadly unable to walk around for more than ten minutes now. I am keen to keep my fitness level as high as possible but I find my hip and knee clicks…
I summarise my situation as diagnosed with widespread OA in my mid-40s after I was seen by an excellent Professor of Rheumatology who gave detailed explanations then prescribed NSAIDs and left me to get on with it under GP supervision. I changed my PE teaching job to a classroom subject but was soon exhausted by its…
Hi everyone, I'm new here, I'm 51 and first got diagnosed with osteoarthritis in 2017 in my right shoulder along with a rotator cuff injury since then I've been diagnosed with having it in my left shoulder neck and both ankles, and just recently in both knees, I'm on gabapentin and codeine, but am really struggling…
Hi Guys, Lovely to be joining you all here. My name is Rebecca. Ive had osteoarthritis since I was very young, relating to multiple hereditary exostoses and I’ve had two osteotomies in the last couple of years. It was a long recovery time and I’m finally back at school. I am a journalist training with the press association…
Hi, I have had arthritis in both knees for several years and have had one knee replacement. I have now been diagnosed with arthritis of spine and I find this pain more in are able. The pains in my neck, shoulders and around my ears is awadul at times but have been told by physiotherapist that medication will not help just…
8wks into sulphasalazine and at approx wk 7, a weeks worth of heavy stress. (boss at work being a dick, walked out of job... now jobless) Don't know about anyone else but I believe my joints absorb my stress/ anxiety in so far as I start to believe the sulphasalazine isn't doing anything for me when in fact I might be…
I have osteoarthritis in my feet knees hip hands shoulders as well as S1L5 +4 trouble. I have had my right shoulder operated on for holes in the tendons but they have ripped again and the thought of another 4 months in a sling on my dominant side is just a no no for as long as I can get away with it. I cannot lay on my bad…
Hello all Just diagnosed with mild osteoarthritis in the lower neck (c5/6). Looking forward to learning about all thus and supporting others.
Hello- I’m Christine looking for help and tips from you lovely people have Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and a replacement hip and knee just started move with Leon - I enjoyed it
I have noticed something about myself, and I wonder if this will sound familiar to anyone else. I have bone-on-bone OA in my left hip. I thank goodness that this is the only spot giving me problems right now, one reason being that I know I could have THR and very probably feel a whole lot better. I have seen encouraging…
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