Hi, I'm getting really desperate. I have moderate arthritis in both knees.Recently whenever I go to stand up from sitting down for a length of time. The pain in the back of my legs is excruciating and I have to stand still for a minute till I am able to walk, also as I go to straighten my left leg I have to wait while I…
Hi, I was diagnosed seronegative inflammatory arthritis in April. Had a week in hospital with CRP over 200 . I’m still in pain , despite being on steroids and methotrexate 20mg. Also need 2 total hip replacements which was a shocker ! thought i’d have at least another 20 years before i needed new hips. My question is “ is…
Just found this group which is great! Feeling quite fed up with newly diagnosed osteoarthritis in hip! Can't walk properly or do the things I've been used to! Feeling my life has become so limited!!!! Feel better to be able to share this.....
Hi, I'm Alicia. At age 17 I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis and it's taken me 3 years to have the courage to even open this website! I felt like looking at this site meant admitting and accepting that this is a condition that is very real and that I will have for the rest of my life. However now I have realised…
hi peeps. wonder if any of you could reassure please. As you know I was introduced to a new tablet to take along side my metject. On my recent blood test, it shows that something is raised to do with the liver and kidney. The GP surgery rang to inform me of this. They want me to repeat this b/t in 6-12 weeks. I am still…
Strangely enough I don't know much about stiffness. I wake up stiff it wears off by lunchtime. But the stiffness is just as weird as ever. At night it can come on like a flare up and is quite a disaster when it does, I can barely do anything without cursing and swearing. Sometimes I am tempted to have a beer or something…
Hi, I've just joined community, I've been living with osteoarthritis for some years, took a while to get diagnosed, recently been told I'm suffering with fibromyalgia and that my osteoarthritis is very progressive bone deteriation very advanced for my age! I am also battling depression and anxiety, most days are a painful…
just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my thumbs &feet , had xrays going to physio in the next week , anyone use splints to help with the pain .
Hi just a newbie here - I was diagnosed when I was 28 but now 56 . I have bone spurs on all my joints but not had much pain (only my knees - stage 3 ) I fell 6 weeks ago on my right side - and am struggling with my shoulder elbow and wrist . So not sleeping on my affected side and struggling with the morning stiffness. So…
hello i’m new on here so bear with me please .. I had a new knee on the 28th of Dec 2023 and i’m still stuggling to staighten the knee despite doing the exercises and also the other knee is going the same way my name is John and i’m 58 years old
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