:santa: Just wanted to wish everybody, young and old, big and small, a wonderful, happy healthy and pain free christmas! May 2014 bring support and comfort to all whose symptoms persist lots of love Sam & Freya. xxx
Hello at long last i've decided to join this forum after coming to accept that my lovely 15 year old daughter isn't just gonna get better its taken us over 3 years to get her diagnosed her hips and back used to be the main problem areas for her but recently her knees are causing her to miss school as she is unable to go…
Niamh had her second steroid injection in her knee a month ago, the first having worked for nearly 8 months. It has helped but not by much. She's still limping, not able to walk far and is in pain. She is back at the consultant next week but does anyone have any idea what the next step might be?
Hi I am new to this forum. My 12yr old daughter was diagnosed with arthritis in August this year. She had 11 joint injections initially which helped in the short term. She also started methotrexate tablets. She really hated taking them and was still getting flare ups after 11 weeks. So she has now had 2 sub cut injections…
hi I'm not sure where to start. I hope you don't mind a long story but I will try to be as brief as poosible!! Basically my 16 yr old daughter started with back pain in March, she was prescribed numerous pain killers, most were inaffective and these were gradually increased until she was on tramadol 100mg 4 times a day but…
Hi I think I have asked a similar question before so sorry if you are reading this and thinking not again! I need to be sure in my own mind whether meth is necessary for my daughter. She is 2. She has arthritis in her knee and wrist. Her wrist doesn't bother her at all, her knee bothers her for approximately 1 hour every…
Hi I have just found out about this through Diabetes UK, my daughter is now 20 so this is not relevant to me but I am still concerned and interested in such issues: http://blogs.diabetes.org.uk/?p=2551 I am bowled over by this, this explains why support for medical conditions is currently so HIT and MISS...and left to "the…
Hi, Sorry haven't been on here for a long time but looking today for some parents going through the same thing. My daughter is 15 and has had JIA since she was a year old, over the past 14 years we have had many ups and downs and periods of her being absolutely fine and completly off medication. My daughter has been taking…
Hi, my daughter is four and a half and has polyarticular arthritis in 11 joints. She's having steroid infusions because they can't get a quick enough slot for direct injections (under general anaesthetic). She has been quite sick on oral steroids previously and was sick through the night after the third infusion. Has…
Hi Can anyone share their experiences of Enbrel? My daughter is going to start weekly injections on this drug in about 6 weeks time. Bethliz
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