my mun suffering with arthritis

jackadee

Hi, just joined-out of desperation really- needing to help my mum and dad(coping with my mum suffering with osteoarthritis!)
My mum is 74-been suffering really badly with arthritis for a very long year- took the doc a while to say what it was. She was in a lot of pain for a long while- had lots of scans, blood tests for about a year to rule things out and they have come to the conclusion that it is osteoarthritis! finally she has had both hips injected with the steroid injection, still in pain. it may take a bit of time to sort itself out apparently? but she is still in a lot of pain, unable to walk without a stick and to walk very far which is very sad as she used to walk with my dad quite a bit.i guess what i want to know is - what else can we do? she is also on warfarin(a clot found when in hospital in the summer awaiting a consultation),and is on thyroid medication too!!she does take paracetemol and has pain relief patches which help a bit. would Glucosamine help/certain foods added to diet?anything anyone can suggest we do would be a great help.I will also put my dad in touch with this forum- it might help him too.thanks

helpline_team

Dear jackadee

Thank you for your posting.

I’m sorry to hear about the difficulties your Mum is suffering with her osteoarthritis.

For a list of different complimentary medications see http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis_information/complementary_therapies.aspx and for Glucosamine see http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis_information/complementary_therapies/glucosamine.aspx.

For more information on steroid injections see http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis_information/arthritis_drugs__medication/steroid_injections1.aspx.

If she hasn’t already, it may be worth your Mum seeing a physiotherapist (see can get a referral from her doctor), so she can be given exercises that can help strengthen her muscles and therefore put less strain on the joints. We have booklets on ‘Exercise and arthritis’ and ‘Healthy eating and arthritis’ at http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk/PublicationsandResources/Listedbytype/Booklets.

I hope this helps.

You or your parents are welcome to ring our helplines on 0808 800 4050, if any of you would like to have a chat, or need more information.

Regards

Nick

Helplines Team

valval

i hope you do not mind me posting but feel free to post on here we will give all the help we can i know it so hard to get your head around they a great lot on here val