Hi everyone, 👋🏻 thank you for letting me join, I have enjoyed reading all your stories. I’m having my hip replacement on 15th Dec with a spinal block. Now I know this may seem unusual but this I find really exciting. The nurse at my pre op asses said I could have as much or as little sedation as I want, but tbh I don’t…
I have arthritis in my hands and as a lifelong professional pianist am keeping them exercised and trying to prevent them getting worse (diet, turmeric, etc). Can still play okay - for now. I'm late seventies. However, although mostly painfree, I have hugely swollen, bony elbows which seemed to have crept up on me. It has…
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.
Hi would like to know if anyone has a good experience with Leflunomide?… This will be my 3rd attempt at Medication. My first was sulfazalazine which resulted in Neutropenia after 4 weeks and a 5 day spell in hospital. Second was methotrexate injections which I tolerated but the side effects on 15mg for the first 14 weeks…
I am in my 3rd week of a chest infection, flu symptoms and a cough. I was given 7 days antibiotics which will finish on Sunday. Admittedly these seem to have helped with chest infection but the cough which started from the chest and hurt is now in my throat which is an annoying tickle. Lots of clear mucus as well. I have…
Hi. I'm the daughter of a mum who had arthritis, so I have had arthritis in my fingers since my 20s, and neck degeneration. Now, age 77, I also have shoulder pain from cartilage loss. and elbow pain form cartilage loss and additional bone growth. I'm in fairly constant discomfort, and one of my fingers joints is now…
Hi I’ve not posted on here for many years but am glad to see there is a lot of support out there. I am back on anti TNF meds after a break. Before I started, I booked a 3.5 week, multi-destination trip to south east Asia. I am not confident about constant power (well there won’t be) and I need to keep my Amgevita between…
For centuries, the Hippocratic Oath has guided doctors to act in the best interests of their patients. But what happens when the medical establishment—deeply intertwined with pharmaceutical industry profits—turns against those who challenge its dogma? The cases of Dr. John Lykoudis and Dr. Barry Marshall expose a troubling…
Just been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Start methotrexate tonight. I had a steroid injection which has eased the months of agonising pain. Worried about the new medication and feeling pretty isolated. Wondering how anyone with the same condition is getting on.
Resetting the immune systemsays Jasmin Fox-Skelly In autoimmune conditions, the body attacks itself, with devastating results. But a raft of therapies that hit the reboot button promise lasting help PERE SANTAMARIA was 15 when he developed myasthenia gravis. This autoimmune condition causes extreme muscle weakness and can…
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