some mornings I wake up with my right hand in a semi closed position with the middle finger the worst. I have to gentle coax it open over a period of time. Once open it’s fine. Because of this I try to sleep with my hand flat (usually under me). I’ve heard of hand splits to keep fingers straight. Are these any good for…
Hi, Please can you advise me. I have quite severe hip and lower back osteoarthritis....today I walked quite a way with my walking stick but as the day got on the pain got really bad. At the moment I can even put my foot down on the floor without being in excruciating pain, so I'm having to get around my flat on my bum. I…
Hello Just had my latest appointment with my Rheumatologist and the recent findings when having a Covid Vaccination and taking Methotrexate is to stop taking the medication one week before the Vaccination and one week when you have the Vaccination. Out of my four Vaccinations, I have suffered two bad reactions, one after…
After i had my 6th week of 15 mg of methotrexate tablets, I got quite a few water blisters on both soles of my feet, a slight cough, mouth sores, back of neck hurt when looking up, jaw hinge hurts when opening mouth, a few lymph nodes came up on the right side of my clavicle bone. neck hurts when looking in the opposite…
Hi i was advised to post here im waiting for a pip appeal and have been supplying sick notes to dwp since 2014 i have telephone app every 2weeks or had untill they sent me a form then put me in the work group on UC .via my journal they expect me to go to the job centre which i can not do as i can not walk that far the pain…
Hi, I have started taking methotrexate last week and had my second dose this week and I feel absolutely horrible, I have no energy, everything is an effort, a headache that I can’t shift no matter what I take and the horrible nausea feeling, I do take the folate once a week. Also feeling really emotional with it. Please…
I had a call from the Health assessment advisory service as I have been sending sick notes into Universal Credit since October 2021. My assessment was done over the phone . 5 days later Universal Credit inform me I am fit for work. I asked for a copy of the assessors report and it has arrived today and I'm quite shocked by…
I have been on a waiting list for exactly 12 months now. Because I have a heart condition (atrial fibrillation) and a breathing condition (bronchiectasis) the surgeon originally commented that the anaethetist did not want to go ahead! Since then, my cardiologist has written to the surgeon to say that there is no excessive…
Hie I have osteoarthritis on both ankles. I hve been feeling sick for a couple of weeks now. I feel like its flu but then it disappears. Have a headache as well and my whole body feels painful. I went to see a few doctors and they think i have anxiety or i am depressed. They acknowledged that my ankles relly look bad and i…
I think I have PsA. Currently seeing rheumatologist privately (via Benenden for some of the costs). He asked for blood tests in addition to those done by GP. Also have had ultrasound on both hands and one foot. Next week I am booked for full body isotope bone scan. Most people seemed to have MRI scans and I wonder if…
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