Hi everyone, hope you are all managing the best you can. I was diagnosed with RA in 2022 aged 21. There’s a backlog with the NHS rheumatology day clinics at the minute and I haven’t been seen in a while. I’ve been paying privately when I need someone. My recent blood results are the best they have been with ESR of 2 and…
Hi all. haven’t been on here in ages, but you have been in my thoughts. I did get to a good place with my pain meds, but recently had to stop them because my liver enzymes weren’t happy. A month on and my bloods have returned to ok, so have started back on my Leflunomide with more blood tests next week to see if it is that…
Has anyone experience of using this drug ? Looking for positive /negative/ experiences before I try it for knee arthritis
I am newly diagnosed RA. I’m hobbling with very bent knees. When will I walk smoothly again? I ve also got carpal tunnel in my wrists Cathy
I had my first attack of gout in my big toe back in November. It was a huge surprise as I rarely drink alcohol, I don't smoke and I don't eat red meats. I had thought these were the main causes and never expected to suffer with it. I was given colchicine which worked, but upset my stomach so had to stop, but the pain had…
I was diagnosed with RA about 1998. The internet was new then but I did some searches and found one that seemed compelling. It was the story of Dr Weston Price. In the early 1900’s he took teeth that had undergone root canals and implanted them under the skin of rabbits. The rabbits developed RA like symptoms. He came up…
Can anyone tell me if you have arthritis of the foot, and it swells, how do you get rid of the pain and the swelling?
It’s been three days since I had my first Biologic injection (nothing else has worked over the last two years) and I’m feeling so cold. After 30-40 years of feeling hot I’m now feeling cold, has anyone else come across this? We keep the indoors temperature set at 19 degrees yet I’m sitting here with thermals on, insulated…
Good afternoon to everybody. I just wondered if I could get some advice on medication effects from people on here who are actually using them, rather than the consultant who prescribes them. I'll bore you with an explanation first. I was diagnosed with Palindromic Arthritis around 6 years ago, the medication I was put on…
Hello! I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis a few weeks ago and I thought I was coping with it but the last couple of days I'm feeling quite overwhelmed with it all. I've just started on methotrexate and I'm hoping to get some relief from it but I know that could be a while away. I'm 31 and work in the performing arts…
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