Gosh medicine is great but it hard not being regular. Got medication for it, which is great. Movement is key to. Any tips on food & drink which can help with constipation?
Hi there, I am a 54 yo woman with osteoarthritis. I was diagnosed about three years ago after being sent for an Xray and was told I would be referred to Ortho. However Covid then happened and it seems that nothing has been done about this. Upon enquiring I was just told to do the excercises and take pain killers. Now…
Good afternoon, this is my first post and I'd like to let people in the UK with stiff knees know there there is hope. This is my personal experience with the STAK Tool from STAK Orthopaedics Ltd. After surviving metastatic breast cancer in 2010 and undergoing a hip replacement, my left knee began to deteriorate, eventually…
Hi, I'm new here and have joined hoping for help / advice on managing the referred pain i have in my neck and head from osteoarthritis in my thoracic spine.
My ankles are swollen? Is this normal after hip replacement? How to I help myself prevent the swelling? I am moving. Should I be doing more physio ?
I have recently been diagnosed with RA and still getting to grips with the medication and frequent blood tests . Does anyone know what a Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide test result of 1.0 means. Is that positive or negative ? I’ll phone rheumatology nurses but they take a few days to respond . Thank you .
Hi I have been diagnosed with multiple types of arthritis. I trued methotextrste and dulfaselazine. The side effects were dire and amatryptaline was awful. The headaches. Now been offered yuflyma ad they can't offer imraldi any more ? Why? I'm on prednisolone & have drug induced prediabetez. Must say the side effects freak…
Hi All I'm delighted to say that I have finally had my surgery after being on the waiting list for a year and ten months for a total right hip replacement, which had been bone on bone for the past fourteen months. Initially I was extremely anxious about having Spinal Anaesthesia but had no need to have worried. It was a…
I've just come off Fentanyl patches, because they stopped working for me. I can't use neuropathis pain relief be cause it increases my pain. It was recommended to me that CBD might help, with its cost to be my responsibility. NO dose or type of cbd oil was suggested. I have tried the lowest strength but it had no impact. I…
Any advice for my Mum's Arthritic Hands?
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