Hi,I’m new to Versus arthritis,I have been diagnosed with Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis after many scans and tests and finally a MRI .I also have osteoarthritis and Temporomandibular joint arthritis.,I was wondering if anyone else as DISH, It is very painful around my thoracic area as my soft tissue in my spine…
Hi all. I'm hoping to have a steroid injection later this week to help my trigger finger - very painful and annoying. However, I've also got Heberden's Nodes on the top joints of quite a few fingers, which are equally as painful. One is particularly sore and has distorted my finger as it has grown. The only remedy I can…
Hi, I fractured my spine last March, in two places, they fortunately have healed but I have since been diagnosed with degenerative arthritis and have osteopenia. My lower back is very painful and I'm using morphine patches which helps as long as I don't do anything! In the last week or two I've noticed pain in my fingers…
I am 24 years old and I have Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Migraines, IBS, and Urticaria. I have had a few of these conditions since I was 4 years old, and others diagnosed over the past 10 years. I have tried to work in the past but have had such great difficulty that I find it almost…
I’m finding it increasingly difficult to garden with neck arthritis as bending over results in pain later in the day. I do exercises with weights and resistance bands and have cut down medication to a minimum. May be my gardening days are over !!
Not been on for a while so i had a lumbar decompression in November 23 all good for a year... Pins an needles in both legs pain in both buttocks though my hip had gone trouble walking sitting an sleeping cocodamol keep me just sane im struggerling at work Gardener i know worst job ha... Had mri saw my surgeon ive got facet…
HI, I'm new to the group. I've been diagnosed with osteoarthritis since August 2023 but I've had fibromyalgia for 26 years. I had the fibromyalgia well under control for about 20 years through diet and exercise. I was an exercise freak running half marathons and walking miles every day. Don't get me wrong it floored me at…
I am 45. I have had my right big toe fused and my left one needed a chielectomy and ostomy. I am in pain all the time. I broke my wrist badly a few years ago and my finger. I had surgery on my knee 20 years ago where they reported my kneecap was spiky instead of smooth. My consultant told me at my last appointment that I…
Hi all. I’m a newbie ish, methotrexate ramped up to 25mg since starting in October. I’m seropositive with strongly positive anti Ccp but no idea how bad that is other than RA is more persistent!. Not convinced methotrexate doing much but I’m having a real bad time with burning sensation in lower back , hips and I to groin.…
Hello, I've just joined the online community as I had a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritus some time ago. I'm currently going through what i think is a flare up of RA but my treatment back when I was diagnosed turned in to such a mess I ended up compleatly bewildered and eventually opting out of any treatment from…
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