I am an osteoarthritis sufferer waiting for both hips to be replaced but also have arthritis in hands and wrists. In the first 48 hours after the first AZ vaccine I had severe hip pain. It went away and I was back to my normal routine which was minimal pain killers and active life. I then looked at side effects to find hip…
Hello everyone. Just wondering if any of the members of this community have had any personal experience of a covid infection. Like many of you, I'm eagerly awaiting the preliminary results of the Octave study which will hopefully give those of us on immunosuppressamt DMARDs an idea about how well the current Covid vaccines…
From the eminent Johns Hopkins University https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/covid-19-vaccines-and-immunocompromised-people-fully-vaccinated-and-not-protected.html
Whoever thought of that title needs shooting! Today is the day that all restrictions end and looking at the news this morning there were thousands of people outside nightclubs waiting for the doors to open at midnight last night and not a mask between them. ALL of the people I know, including our village shop, are…
https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/practice-quality/covid-19-guidance
Today and yesterday I had to let people into my house (i)a plumber and (ii)a (voluntary) work colleague. I'm immunosuppressed and had to ask both to wear a mask. Is this my future?
Just wondering how many of you with psoriatic arthritis have had the vaccine, and how you reacted afterwards. Thanks.
The Lancet medical journal has published an article on the effect that taking Methotrexate has on the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine. It’s based on a small study carried out in New York and Germany but appears to show that Methotrexate users have a reduced response to the Pfizer vaccine - 62% as opposed to over 90% in the…
Most coronavirus restrictions are expected to end in England on 19 July. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will set their own timetables for removing restrictions. Read the latest guidance for England on protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. There is different guidance for clinically…
Hi I have now had both doses of the vaccine so will be as protected as I can be although I am still very nervous around people, even my own family without knowing what level of protection I have. I am taking Prednisolone and Methotrexate like many others and am interested to hear from anyone else who feels the way that I…
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