Hello. I'm new on here I really could use some other people who have had a trapezium bone removed. I'm 14 weeks post op and my hand is still so painful. I'm doing well according to my surgeon. Everything hurts in my hand. It's difficult to use in the morning and gets easier as the day goes on. I'm just not sure if anyone…
Hello I’ve just signed up, my arthritis really gets me down at times even though I am very active and do my best, so will be nice to see how other people are dealing with and coping with their arthritis. Going into winter and joints becoming very stiff and troublesome hope to get some tips
Hi I am trying to gather as much information as I can in case (as seems likely at some point in the not very distant future) I have to have a hip replacement. It is something I have been trying to avoid for some years as I have a real dread of surgery and hospitals. I live on my own and the stairs in my house are steep and…
Good morning all Just brief overview have been diagnosed with RA now about 5 years ago but GP contradicts this. Still waiting for my review at rheumotolist since ore covid. Chased several times. Was nurse to my mum and Dad and working full time but sadly both parents have passed away with 18mths each other. Have had really…
Hello I’ve just switched from methotrexate tablets to metoject pen! can I switch back to tablets when travelling, thus saving carrying the pens on a flight etc and all that it entails? - or is this a bad idea
Have put up with arthritis for some years - I suspect I am not alone? Best wishes to fellow sufferers. Dil
Hi, I'd like to introduce myself, I have just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my left hip after having ongoing pain since March. I enjoy running so trying to get the pain under control so I can keep running. I don't feel I've had much support from my GP so trying to get as much information as I can.
Hi, only my second visit, but I want to know if anyone suffers from brain fog, or reads something that they can't digest and have to read a few times? I was recently diagnosed, but the shock comes from the lack of explanation as much as anything else. 'you have osteoarthritis of the knee' without any suggestion of what…
Did anyone else go into complete shock? The Dr suggested it was osteoarthritis of the knee, it had been sore, then it really took hold badly and swelled up and down my leg! Leaving me weak and trying to find ways to help my muscles, going slowly and carefully. Its taken approximately 6 weeks to feel anything like normal.…
Hi, I had a Trapeziectomy in Dec 2022 and still get pain although not as bad, I have fusion surgery scheduled on my right foot and was advised by the surgeon that whilst the operation will reduce my pain it will never eliminate it completely. I’m just wondering if this is the case with all surgery for arthritis, it it…
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