NEW MEMBER IN NEED OF HELP

scorpio

thanks for all of the advice and well wishing, i really do appreciate it...........i am going to leave my current job (no doubt about that) and then i am going to try a desk job in a call centre - if that does not work, i will have to consider leaving work altogether

regards, chris

dorcas

Hello again Chris,

I don't know how bad, or how and what is difficult for you with work just now; but (assuming it's a job you love) may be you should wait until you've seen a rheummy and started on new meds before thinking about such a dramatic change?
The anti tnfs can be very very effective for some peeps and might make a huge difference to you too...especially as these drugs also treat the psoriasis which from your thread is very sore on you just now...so you may find you are able to continue in your job.

NB. although some of us have tried and 'failed' on ant tnfs, for me at least, it hasn't been the drugs that have proven 'useless'...rather it has been my own immune system that rejected or built up an immunity to them. I still benefited from taking them..so please consider speaking to your rheummy!

and....you are entitled under disability law to get support in the workplace via Access to Work and OH. (read more on this in the leaflets on this website)

As you have already been on the rheummy's list why not ask your GP to phone his secretary and ask if you can be referred on an urgent basis? perhaps ask for an emergency / cancellation appointment? the sooner you're seen the sooner you can begin to get the right treatment.

Iris x

mellman01

Hi dude I have gout started getting it at the tender age of 36, I have used Diclofenac and it work OK for a year or so but became in tolerant of it and it gave me really a really bad stomach, really not nice, then I tried Indomethacin but this messed up my balance so I was then put on Allopurinol and this has done the trick, at present I take 100 to 200mg a day depending on how it is on the day, I can honestly say I have no side effects and it works a treat.
I hope this helps you, I sympathise as when gout is bad it’s an unreal kind of pain the opposite to my OA pain, I find gout is in your face kind of pain that is there in a instant the moment you dare move and if you knock it, or worse drop a container of shower gel on your foot as I did a few years ago, by heck I nearly passed out.

scorpio

dorcas wrote:

Hello again Chris,

I don't know how bad, or how and what is difficult for you with work just now; but (assuming it's a job you love) may be you should wait until you've seen a rheummy and started on new meds before thinking about such a dramatic change?
The anti tnfs can be very very effective for some peeps and might make a huge difference to you too...especially as these drugs also treat the psoriasis which from your thread is very sore on you just now...so you may find you are able to continue in your job.

NB. although some of us have tried and 'failed' on ant tnfs, for me at least, it hasn't been the drugs that have proven 'useless'...rather it has been my own immune system that rejected or built up an immunity to them. I still benefited from taking them..so please consider speaking to your rheummy!

and....you are entitled under disability law to get support in the workplace via Access to Work and OH. (read more on this in the leaflets on this website)

As you have already been on the rheummy's list why not ask your GP to phone his secretary and ask if you can be referred on an urgent basis? perhaps ask for an emergency / cancellation appointment? the sooner you're seen the sooner you can begin to get the right treatment.

Iris x

the problem for me, is that i work as a car salesman and i walk a couple of miles each day, making it a nightmare for me

hell really...LOL

chrissie691

Thank you, have amended mine too x

livinglegend wrote:

dreamdaisy wrote:

new to this computer stuff and the little screen they give you to type on is jumping up and down beyond all reaon. Will stop here, read your post, and come back. Dreamdaisy

It's a compatibility problem with Internet Explorer 8, I have found the answer for you in one of the posts and copied it below.

reply from Rehab :: Chris, its a compatibility problem
Go to tools above, click and scroll down till you see compatibilty view settings click on that
A compatibility view settings box will appear with arthritis care in the add this website box, click add and close

That should sort the problem out.

Everyone so far says that it cures the jumping.


Joseph 8)