Hi there, I am living with a lot of pain in the shoulder and waiting for x-ray appointment. I am just joining in case my physiotherapist is right in thinking I have OA. My doctor thinks not as I am too young. 50 next year. I shall have a mooch through this forum to get some more information. Cheers x t4591
Hi, I came here to see how other people live there life with fusion - screws - plates all over there body. I’m 61 now - been retired since 9-11. I’m sitting in my car waiting to see a hand & wrist Dr. had a full R/wrist fusion right after 9-11 and now my fingers are locked closed. Let’s me start reading how and what…
Hello I am pleased to have found this site quite by chance a few minutes ago. I think it will help me Osteoporosis osteoarthritis hernias in my back encroaching into spine. Won’t borevyou with more! MissMc68
Does anyone have any experience with humira? I have just been changed from etanercept to humira and have not been feeling great since i had my first injection a week ago. Generally feeling achy (nothing really new there i guess!) and am even more tired than usual with a headache and mild brain fog. I know headache is…
I have help from on organization called Bayada. There are homemaker aides, home health aides, nurses if necessary. The help with household tasks, laundry, shopping. Bayada is for the very poor and people over 65 who cannot manage physically or financially. I wonder if the UK has anything like that?
This is my first post. I have RA , OA, scoliosis, osteoporosis, and no rotator cuffs left. The bone in my thumbs is eroding fast and the shoulder bones rub against the arm bones. Pain and decreasing mobility and strength, Took Paquinil for a year, not helping, have to try Meth. But it made me very sick when I tried the…
Been away for a long time completely forgot I had chats online with arthritis sufferers I will make time to chat from now on .
Just found you all after being misdiagnosed with polymyalgia. Told now it's severe osteoarthritis. Very painful in back and knees shoulder and neck. Quite a wreck really. Hopefully get some advice from all fellow sufferers.
Hi everyone, I just wondered whether any of the parents on here could tell me whether their children had suffered bedwetting along with arthritis diagnosis? I’m currently trying to persuade my GP to refer my son to a rheumatologist as I think he may have a mild form of arthritis. (Joint pain in ankles and wrist, stiffness…
Hi, I've had ongoing back and left knee problems since I was 18, had several years of steroids with varying degrees of success, now at the age of 40, 'sero negative arthritis' was on my last hospital letter, after having the worst flare up forcing me to push for answers. Currently both knees, lower back and even sore hands…
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