hi

lawrencemc

Ive been waiting near a year to get to see the consultant to find out what type of arthuritis i have am always in pain and a bit fed up suppose im just like thousands of others

tjt6768

Hi Lawrence, nice to meet ya.. Sometimes getting a diagnosis can take a long time, took me yrs to get my Osteo Arthritis diagnosed, had my age against me, I know it shouldn't matter what age you are but you find it does affect folks opinions, lol..

Hope you find the forum helpful, I know I do


Tony

dreamdaisy

Hi Lawrence, if you post on LWA (living with arthritis) more people may answer, that's the place for the more medical side of things. It took me nine years to be accurately diagnosed with my version of this malarkey - these things are not always straightforward. I hope you have a better day today - and it's nice to meet you! DD

annie_mial

Hi Lawrence and welcome to the madhouse!

You will find that diagnosis can take quite some time as DD has said. In my case 2/3 years for the original diagnosis, which isn't uncommon and still waiting on yet another one!

Hopefully, as a lot of conditions are treated with the same drugs and methods, treatment can start before diagnosis.

Whatever, hope you enjoy us here, as has been said, if you post on LWA you will probably get more response.

Annie

frogmorton

Hi Lawrence

welcome to the forums from me too

Sorry to hear you are so much pain though....

We are a lovely bunch on here and you will be welcomed by all of us.

Diagnoses can take some getting :?

Love

toni xx

janie68

Hi Lawrence

Welcome! I hope you are able to get some support from us. Sounds as though you may need to kick some b^ tt to get some answers. It must be very frustrating being in limbo. We are all here to give advice.

Janie

valval

hi there over 200 types of arther so it no wonder it takes so long to work out what we have and what the best treatment for us as what suits one does not suit someone else good luck but be prepared to wait

mellman01

Hi dude welcome aboard!.