Hello 🙂. I am a new ‘kid on the block’ on this site but have had PMR for 2 years 3 months. I’m shortly to start Methotrexate as I cannot below 8 mgms of Prednisolone. I just going through a second ‘flare’ which has been the most unpleasant since beginning this Illness. I hope that their are fellow people in this community…
hi everyone i had an xray done on my knee as it locked in the middle of the night for a few seconds after being sore for 6 months and it showed i have osteoarthritis , I also have arthritis in my fingers which are covered in nodules and recently they have been getting extremely painful. i am taking paracetamol and using an…
Hello everyone-it's my first time to post a message and I hope I can get some advice.In 2020,after an arthritic "flare" in both knees,I was diagnosed with moderate osteo arthritis in left knee and right hip and severe in my right knee-all would need replacement sooner or later.I was 65 then.I had a right total knee…
Hi Ive got severe osteoarthritis and two cysts on my right hip Im waiting on a new hip Im very nervous but grateful to be getting help . I just wondered if there is anyone on here who is being or has had this procedure at Oaklands and if so how things went for you ? Just simply seeking some reassurances about surgeon…
Hello I’m taking Ibrobrufen & Paracetomols but obviously this cannot go on long term . Whats next? Are the creams good . I’m hoping to not have to take anything daily but this obviously depends on pain? I’m overweight (13.7 stone) & relatively unfit which I intend to address - What exercise do you recommend?
Hello all, I'm currently having a flare with my left ankle. It's been up and down for 3weeks now. I've been to the Dr to check nothing else is going on and they did blood tests. The bloods came back all within normal range and no increased inflamation, so no steroids required or prescribed. Just advised to carry on with…
Hi all, diagnosed with RA since 2017 and have mostly been in remission since with the help of methotrexate however, they now think that it may be affecting my liver so took me off it a couple months ago while liver investigation underway. Major flare up now affecting just about all joints and steroid injection didnt work.…
hello everyone my name is Melanie iv been on hydroxychloroquine since January 2022 and been told i need to go on to another medicine to take as well but im taking so many medicines plus my allergies just do not no which one to try with hydroxychloroquine then theirs the side affects tried methotrexate but had bad side…
Does anyone here suffer from aura migraines? Have you found a link with arthritis? I have Rheumatoid Arthritis & have had migraines on & off since puberty but for the last couple of years I have suffered from repeated aura migraines which usually pass after 20mins without medication thankfully there is usually no pain but…
Anyone have any miracle cures for the pain in my hip. I have severe arthritis after a fracture 7 years ago when i was 58. It's bone on bone now and crumbling. I am on waiting list for surgery,but it's a 52 week wait. Waited 7 months for a consultant appointment! I take cocodamol and Naproxen with extra codeine if I need…
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