I've had OA for many years now, but it has really ramped up in the past three or four. I have told my mum many times how I am feeling, how I struggle, the abuse I've got for being too slow on crutches in the shops, the tears I've shed, the intense pain, the insomnia...you all know how it is. She called me this morning to…
Hello my name is Tan! Im 41 and have lived with Arthritis in my hip for nearly 20 years. I'm a single parent to two teenage boys. Im currently on the waiting list to have a hip replacement. I'm looking to find support, advice and any tips on how to manage chronic pain. I work full time and over the past two years it's…
Hi, me again 😆 I have swelling on my big toe joint. I had "gout" 2 weeks ago, surely you can't get it that quick? I'm waiting on a possible diagnosis of psa just wondering if it could be that. Thanks for reading 📚 😀
Have been taking this for a while and appear to developed some side effects spoke to Rheumatology but they dismissed them as meds working in reducing pain. Dizziness sometimes flushing of face nervous kind of sensations all listed as side effects anyone familiar with these? I have been on the max dose and slightly over the…
Here I go again! Another aching part of the body! Necks. I was told about seven years ago that mine was very arthritic. Do many people suffer from pain in this area? I’m not sure whether everyone over a certain age has this problem and it’s described as degenerative wear and tear. It’s not a constant bother but when it is…
Hi all, really need some advice, for about 5 weeks now I have had worsening pain in the joint of the big toe, to the extent that I have to walk with my foot to one side as I can't put pressure on the toe, as of today it took 2 paracetamol, 2 nurofen and 2 cocodamol to numb the pain, obviously I cannot continue taking that…
Hello everyone, I'm new here and although seeing the MSK at my doctors surgery, who told me it was arthritis and has booked ,me in for X-rays on both knees and hips between xmas and the new year so expect a diagnosis early next year. quite disappointed that she didn't even want to look at it and told me she could refer me…
Hello All, Thank you for accepting me into the group. I am new and would welcome any thoughts or experiences. I have been diagnosed with advanced degenerative changes in the CMC joint at the base of both my thumbs and have now been referred to s surgical team either for guided injections or surgery. Has anyone had any…
And thank you to all Mods. Happy Easter also to all with dodgy joints. My exercises have gone well today. I shall reward myself, later, with an Easter egg.(Won't spoil what promises to be an excellent lunch by having it now.) Family on the way. Wine uncorked. What's not to like? 😁😁😁
It would be interesting to know how long people have actually waited, from referral to treatment, for hip/knee operations in straightforward circumstances, rather than how long they've been told they might have to wait. I feel that there might be a lot of bad press and politics going on, and also wonder whether people are…
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