Hi! I'm 26 and found out 2 years ago that the pain/lack of mobility in my right hip was due to OA because of damaged bone. I'm a very active person, climbing mountains, going to the gym and doing different sports with my friends is my entire life, so I'm not coping with the fact that I'm continually losing the ability to…
Hello everyone, I'm 31 and I'm seeking advice to live well with arthritis as I've struggled for years. Got Ankylosing spondylitis and a dodgy back. Trying to focus on what I can do, but I feel a bit left out. I'd be glad of advice and support.
Natasha - one of our Versus Arthritis Young People's Panel members - is currently running a survey open for young people aged 16-25 living with #arthritis or a related condition for another week. It focuses on good communications between young people and healthcare professionals as well as support needed to manage the…
Hi all, im currently on methotrexate and have been since august. It makes me quite I’ll and I really want to be off of it, but to be honest I don’t think I can handle any medicine long term. Mentally I am not doing very well and I think that’s a big part of it. The pills make me feel like I’m gonna through up but the…
Saturday 30th April 2022 11:00-15:00 Becoming an adult is such an exciting time, but it also opens up a whole new set of questions, many of which you might not know who to ask or where to go to get some information. If you're age 16 - 30 you might be expected to be adulting, but how do you do that? And how do you adult…
Hi guys, I’m in my 30’s and finally diagnosed with, I find it so hard to tell my friends and often feel lonely due to the pain, as it’s to hard to describe, but it’s a relief to hear you guys completely understand. If anyone ever fancies meeting up for a coffee ☕️ Or having a chat on here, it would be great ❤️I’m based in…
I find it so painful to do any sort of exercise and it gets me frustrated, does anyone else struggle with this?
Hey guys, I have Psoriatic Arthritis, which is the sores and the sores! I was diagnosed in my early 20s out of nowhere, my active lifestyle and circle of friends dwindled and ended up going off work sick. For the next few years I would continue to feel like a human Guinea pig with treatments, while I eroded the patience of…
I have never had a friend my age who can understand what I go through, I’m a young girl and can’t handle work as I am really struggling with my arthritis, I can’t even walk round my block :( I also have bad anxiety so I don’t talk to people much about what I’m thinking or going through, i never like talking about my…
Hi everyone! I wanted to reach out to some of the younger community on here, I am new to arthritis and have found the journey challenging particularly because I have no one around me going through anything similar. I have been battling chronic pain/injury in my lower lumbar since my teens but got diagnosed this year with…
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