Good evening everyone, I'm new to the group.im 49 and have had arthritis since I was 12 now 49. It can be a very lonely illness and this year has been especially difficult and now waiting for my biological to be changed November 6th. Sending you all healing hugs.
Hello all, 4 years ago l was tiling a small room in the house and the up and down movements created pain in my left fibula and my knee swelled up then eventually it went down and with the help of a knee sleeve things got better. l decided to go private for an XRAY and was told "advanced osteoarthritis in knee" so because…
Hi everyone , I having TKR on the 28th October and I'm a bit concerned because I'm a bit incontinent do they deal with that during the operation
I’ve recently changed from Methotrexate injections to Sulfasalazine tablets. I had been on methotrexate since November 2020 and I’ve been taking Sulfasalazine for nearly 2 weeks but for the last 4 days I’ve had really sore swollen lymph nodes in the back of my neck. Managed to speak to Rheumatology today and need to stop…
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I am fairly sure I have some sort of Arthritis, which Is getting worse. Symptoms are pain and weakness in my thumbs which has caused me to nearly drop things (for example the kettle) pain in my wrists and shoulders. I've had pains off and on for years in my knees. My question is, is it advisable to get a diagnosis from my…
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Hi fellow arthritis sufferers I have had both knees replaced and following my first I was left with permanent nerve damage. I am now 8 months into recovery from my second. Does anyone in a similar position still have pain from arthritis.
I was originally referred to rheumy after my back pain was still chronic after 3 years and a history of psoriasis. I was put on lodine which really helped my back pain, whilst I was going for all my scans etc. Even though they showed no inflammation the rheumy thought I would benefit from methotrexate. After my first blood…
hi there I’m from Belfast and I’m 23 and suffer from Psa does anyone have positive experiences o n Humira . Methotrexate gave me fatty liver and now I’m scared to try Humira with a lot of people in my family having heart issues . Thanks x
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