Hellooooooo!!

RichC
RichC Member Posts: 260
edited 2. Mar 2011, 15:13 in Say Hello Archive
Hello all ,
looks like the sun is out here in Kent .
I have recently been diagnosed at last with sero positive RA and now Psioratic Arthritis too .I am on Incap:(
I struggle most of the time but have spent the last 2 years as a volunteer adviser at the local CAB (I am a benefits specialist), and i am Social Policy coordinator there too . So am heavily involved with evidence gathering for the ongoing tirade of Welfare Reform and Legal aid Reform.
On MTX , Leflunomide , Pregabalin, Amitriptylne, etc etc , and hope a combination is found soon that allows me to work :)
Hope to get involved here aswell as the NRAS where i am a member too>:)

Love Photography when i can get out and about :)

Rich :)

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Rich C, it's nice to meet you. I too have PA and am on a luvverly cocktail of meds, my favourite of which I have just realised I haven't taken - I must go and do that! I am sort-of working, I am self-employed and my business is gradually decreasing as my ability to do it lessens but hey-ho, that's life with arthritis. It's good to hear that you are keeping yourself busy and I hope that can continue. Here's to the meds making a proper difference to your health and your being able to get back into the world of paid employment. I wish you well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Welcome from me too..
    hope that things aren't too bad for you at the minute.

    I'm an osteo sufferer and am waiting to see if I also have sero negative in my hands and wrists

    Oh what fun we have, lol

    Catch you around,
    Be well
    e050.gifMe-Tony
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • RichC
    RichC Member Posts: 260
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thanks for the welcome DD and tjt :)
    hehe what gets me is that the consultants are always so sure that the next mix of drugs will work .. sometimes i wish they would leave the positive thinking to me , as i am better at it than they are ;) hehe
    Rich :)
    Keep takin the meds .. and at the right time DD ;)
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Oh believe me I usually do, but the excitement of today being my 52nd birthday affected me so I forgot.

    I have yet to meet a rheumatologist (and I have met a few) who is on the same meds as me: I reckon they all take summat different (and much nicer) hence the unbounded optimism about what their wonderful medications will do for one. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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