My name is Tracey and I’m almost 65 I have bipolar diagnosed 15 years ago now when I lived in South Africa and I have lived here for 4 years now. For the past 2+ years I have osteoarthritis in both knees bone on bone and in a lot of pain. The drs just give painkillers that don’t work right upto morphine patches. I can’t…
I slipped on some muddy ice last November and thought I had pulled a muscle. By January it was no better and I was still having difficulty walking. Was examined by a doctor who sent me to a physio who gave me a brief exam then sent me for an x-ray. A different physio had the result of the x-ray. He said it showed some knee…
waiting knee replacement any help in going upstairs and particularly going to toilet. My knees do not want to bend and is agony especially going to toilet. Any advice would be welcomed
Hi everyone, nice to meet you all. I have OA and my wife has RA. Mine does not affect me that much (except in the hand foot and knee) But my poor wife suffers greatly with RA, her latest test numbers came back ESR 114 (down from 125 the previous month) but her CRP 69.9 has gone up from 46.9. She had Uveitis, hence probably…
I love my therapy putty & it has helped to keep my hands moving but I now have a problem. I dropped the container behind a box without realising and it is now embedded into the wool carpet. Does anyone know how I can get it out?
I started on 7.5mg injected methotrexate on Monday morning. The rest of the day was fine, but the following evening had a burning sensation when urinating. In the middle of the night I woke up sweating with a headache and nausea, and felt generally unwell. In the morning (this morning, Weds) I had diarrhoea and lower…
Pow. My knees when stiff again yesterday. I was thinking they seem nice and loose, so lets check how much movement I have. I could lock them straight and I could bend my knees up to my chest on my back, a bit stiff there but no pain. So now, I can barely walk and had to get my stick out or I'm going to fall over. Duh. I…
I suffer from Polymyalgia Rheumatica and have oestoarthritis in my right thumb and fingers. I have been trying to keep my hands flexible as I enjoy playing the keyboard.
Hi new to this have been diagnosed with RA and finding it difficult having to accept help for things used to do on my own. Cutting myself off a bit from everything
Been having a bad time recently. Hospital think a flair, so back on the old happy pills again for three weeks. I hate taking them, but second day in and they are already working. wish they could find some Arthritis drugs that worked as well.🥹 Hope everyone is as well as can be.
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