Good morning all. I am looking for advice. I inject methotrexate 15 mg once a week and benepali 50 once a week (am in process of changing from benepali to alidmumab soon). I take 5mg folic acid 6 days a week and lansoprazole every morning (both of which were subscribed a few years again for nausea. A year ago I had a TIA…
I have been diagnosed with OA in my shoulder, I'm 50 and my consultant told me it's easier to have this conversation with somebody in their early to mid 60s. Not sure what he means. I have a physical job and he recommended I begin to consider a more desk based job,As well as mentioning the quite possible chance of complete…
Suffering from an arthritic hip. I've received a pre-op appointment, so should now have the long-awaited THR within the next couple of months. However the pain has become so much worse lately and keeping me awake at night - I am so tired and seem unable to struggle to keep going any longer - just want to lie down all day.…
Hi. I've just come back from a class in the hospital (South Wales) about how to be prepared for surgery. I'm shocked that the nurses running the course said we will not need physiotherapy after getting out from the hospital, just doing the recommended exercises would be enough. Whaaat? I had my other leg done in January…
Hello I have arthritis in my feet/ankles, left hip and lower back I need an orthopaedic consultation but because my BMI is 32 I'm told it's not possible in my area . It seems that our health authority have a cut off range >30 or less Now I'm told I have to attend a HOP health optimising programme for 6mths to loose a…
I have just had an opa about the OA in my hips, the Xrays show moderate to severe degeneration in both hips and are very painful, as are my hands and back. I take paracetamol and ibuprofen which controls the pain most of the time. However, he said that I should not be taking NSAI regularly because of the heart, stomach,…
Hi there, Does anyone find wearing socks really uncomfortable? Since being diagnosed with osteoarthritis I have had to resort to wearing sensible foot wear around the house. But recently I've developed a corn so now I have to wear socks which has somewhat alleviated the corn but wearing socks makes my feet feel hot, not so…
hello everyone, I’m in a pickle. In May I had gastric surgery which means I cannot take NSAIDs. 2 weeks into my recovery, I sustained a double fracture to my foot. A week later my big toes was excruciatingly painful. I thought I’d injured it by walking on my heel and over extending my toe. I queried gout with the team. I…
Hi, I’m Gloria and have severe knee arthritis and now need knee replacements, however before going through this, I have come across, via the internet, this new injectable treatment called Arthrasomid, a recently licensed treatment for knee osteoarthritis. It’s not yet available on the NHS and is quite expensive privately.…
Hello, im new here and have an appointment to see a rhuematologist next week, at last! This all began in June this year out of the blue and has just got worse over time. My hands, wrists,knees and ankles are swollen and hot and the pain is unbearable. I cant take anti inflamatory tablets as they affect my stomach badly. My…
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