I need a boot up the Harris.

julie47

Hi DD

Hope you and mr dd are having a good time at the pub.

I also hope that moving house doesn't cause too much stress and that you can find a suitable property soon.

Take care my lovely

Juliepf x

ironic

Hi DD,
I live a fair distance from my hospital about a 40 min drive but my doctor got me in there as it was in the rules so to speak. How about drawing a circle with the hospital in the centre to work out how far your search area could cover. It might be worth asking if you could stay on your Consultants books anyway. You never know it might be feasible.
If there is no pressure why not wait a little longer before you commit to putting the house up for sale, maybe until you have managed to come to terms with what is going on. It is difficult to concentrate when you are so shaken up and It would be terrible if you rushed into getting “that will do place.”
Take care,
Ix

chris7

Hi DD

Sorry to be just catching up with all this. The prospect of moving after your recent news is not a happy one but hope it goes as well as you could hope.
Glad you have at least got the chance to read the paper again and hope the trip to the pub raised the spirits a little today. I shall miss the unicycle but am wishing the zebra positive thoughts and leave a few of these as I do. ((( )))
take care
Chris

mp1952

Hi DD

Just been catching up on your thread..

You've been given some excellent advice already, so I won't add anything to it..

Wow - moving house - that's a stress and a half ... but also very exciting!!

Sounds like you have a good 'plan' again with the 10 mg of pred, reducing to 9 mg..

I'm looking forward to hearing what the Orthopod thinks about your knees.. I was chatting to someone at the weekend who had had both knees replaced and they were very very pleased with the outcome (albeit they are an OA sufferer and don't have the 'pleasure' of PA too).

Marion x

julie47

morning DD

Hope you are ok today.

Thinking of you
Juliepf x

carola

How goes it today?

Positive thoughts from up here xx

skezier

Hi DD,

Like Marion I am also hoping the ortho's have some solutions for you and till you see them your going to be a bit in limbo.

leaving you a hope your feeling more positive and DD there may be reasons why they wont do your knees but there are so many more reasons why they will and just hang on to that cus if they do what a difference it will make for you. A ((((( ))))) and love Cris xx

suzygirl

Daisy, hope you had a good afternoon yesterday. It is very sunny and blustery here.

(((hugs)))

jilly

Hi DD sorry you are in such a bad place at the moment , I have been away for a couple of days so only just read you posts . I hope you are able to sort your head, i dont doubt with your personality you do what is right for you once you get your head around it .If it takes a little longer to wean yourself off the steroids does it really matter for a matter of a few months , because if you move and then get your knees sorted you may find it easier to stop them. At the moment everything is getting you down it is hard to make yourself stop the only thing that helps, a few months down the line could be your time to do it .
I think you wil have to kick yourself up the harris on a daily basis with selling the house . The next few months will be hard to get through but as you say you need the poo before it improves . Hope it goes well and you sell quickly and find a lovely bungalow . Lets hope you then get your new knees which will make your life a little easier..........jillyxx

psyart

Hello DD ~ so sorry that I am late in posting ~ am so sorry that you are feeling so grumpy but I do agree with the advice about keeping on with your meds ~ you have had a stressful few days :?: and you are now thinking of moving ~ no wonder you are feeling grumpy.

you need to take a couple of days to get your 'household' back to normal and then think about getting the house ready for selling. But please pace yourself :!:

how long have you had 2 lots of arthur :?:

I was diagnose with fibromyalga last june and am still finding it difficult to get my head around it all ~ as you know I found it bad enough with the PA ~ many a time I wrote on here and you were one of the people who replied to me and helped me. big hugs for that :!:

I have found that because I am having problems with the OH ~ I have had to get a walking stick and he has informed me that I look silly with it ~ and then last week had a really bad week with both PA & F, I have started to wonder a lot about my future and what to do. I am putting on weight ~ due to pregabaline :?: ~ which is making my knee worst ~ but I just dont know what is the right thing to do with my life. But I do know that i have to make changes slowly and think very hard about things

Sorry for going on about things but just trying to say ~ things have been bad for a while for you and there is more stress to come but you need to think carefully about changes ~ a new home that suits you and 'arthur' will be good but make sure the other changes are done for the right reasons for you :!:

hope this all makes sense :?: :!:

big cotton wool hugs for you and some cornish ice cream coming your way if you need a treat :!:

Louise xxxxxxxx

fudge

Hello DD - last seen more than 24hrs ago - heading for the pub doing an impression of Lady Godiva on a Zebra :shock: :roll: - only you could carry that off with style

I do hope you had a good afternoon, and for a while managed to leave the stress behind you, maybe even find there was a bit less of it on your return to home.

Finding the right location to suit both you and Mr DD's needs will I am sure lead to many discussions :!: deep breaths will be required

Seriously DD - I know how hard it is to have to move home and all it entails because your darn body has failed you - it is doable and you will do it, I hope soon as is possible, and to somewhere that ticks all the right box's .

Meanwhile, keep that zebra happy .

........fudge..........

Poppyg1rl

Hi DD,
Thinking of you as ever, hope the pub trip was good? Sending buckets of hugs ((())) xxx

dreamdaisy

Many, many thanks everyone, what a lovely bunch of people you are. The pub was a rousing success, the wobble home was achieved without too many deviations from the planned route and not a single sit down (pain dullers and alcohol, what a combo!) and yesterday weren't too bad either. The zebra and I are getting along better now, but I am SO ANNOYED with myself for still being in a whirl, I cannot understand just why I am so bothered about all of this. Daft 'aaporth. Stupid woman. Idiotic creature.

I have been bemoaning the apparent lack of success with humira and meth - no flaming wonder I thought they weren't working, they ain't treatments for OA! Is this why the other anti TNFs haven't been that successful either? Dunno. How long has the OA been there? Dunno. Could I hang coat hangers on the bone growth? Probably, and I want to try! - I kid you not, they look like double coat hooks on the outside of both knees. Astonishing. Have my knees hurt more since Tuesday 19th April? Definitely. Is that in my mind? Not sure, doing all the stairs over Easter wasn't helpful, and I am extraordinarily tired at the moment, due to pain and lack of sleep. Oh I do need to wake my ideas up, don't I? Twerp. Clot. Berk and prat. Shape up, DD, shape up, it's no big deal so grow up and deal with it.

Right, I have to go to work now, but I hope to be back later. I am missing everyone on here, a great deal, but as I am not in that wonderful a place at the moment I don't think I have much to offer. I am thinking of you all, though, I can promise you that. Right, it's time to feed and water the zebra. A cuppa, with some pain dullers and a shifter for me blocked drains. What a life. :roll:

bertyboy

Hi DD just been catching up with your post and i can only offer a steel toe capped boot if still needed , but some how i dont think you need it , i feel for you re the stairs and knees they dont work well together , i hope they get you sorted and offer treatment for oa , we too are on the market , so i hope we both get what we want xxx

suzygirl

Daisy glad to hear the pub trip was a success!!!

My journey with this arfur bloke has not been as long as yours, but one thing I have learned is that it is the most unexpected things that get to us. Just when you think you are ok, it comes up and bites you big time. You can't control how you will think, feel or react to news re our health. (believe me I have tried!! )

Allow yourself time to mourn, I think you are being too hard on yourself and expecting too much. Its almost like a shock to the system when you recieve news you were just not expecting. Moving house as well!! :shock:

Take your time, we are here waiting for you, you are missed and we look forward to seeing you back.

(((hugs)))

fudge

Hello DD, pleased to hear you had a good afternoon, and seem to be coming to terms with the OA - it can be a bit understated and underestimated real b**$ch to live with, and not the sole province of the older generation :eek:

Finding a nice bungalow before they decide about tkr / tkr's would be a great plus for you, have you started the looking process yet - maybe it is all happening just a little too fast, mind , all the work selling and buying viewing and have viewer's will divert the mind :roll:

I seem to recall you talking about a maze? Could the zebra be turned loose in it for a while - what it does not feed on it may trample down

Optimism and positive thought - raise a glass to the power of

....fudge....

valval

hi dd we are here for you what ever place you are in, when u r down u need us more. do not let arther isolate you, he crafty **** and will try anything to get his own way. so stick smile on your face and tell him to **** off it your life not his and he not going to win take care val

psyart

Hi DD ~ i agree ~ you are being too hard on yourself ~ allow yourself a moan and a groan on here ~ anytime ~ this will surely help get it out of your system :?:

We have so much to put up with in life ~ let alone 'arthur' doing his damed hardest to make things worst. Even if we are strong people, the fight can get us down and make us wonder and question our inner selves. I have had a tought life ~ Im not looking for sympathy ~ but I thought that after everything I have been through with my own family then I could cope with anything that life decided to throw and me BUT NO ~ this is taking more of a toll on me than anything that has ever happened to me. And now with it affecting my marriage big time, I am questioning everything that happens on a day to day basis.

Some one said to me years ago that no matter what I seem to go through I always manage to come up smelling of roses ~ but not anymore ~ now I smell of c@@p :!: :!:

Im glad you had a good time at the pub ~ a good time always does us good and I hope you dont suffer too much after :?:

And i can remember you telling me once that even when your feeling down and not much use to anyone on here ~ you are as even a short reply helps :!: But sometimes I find I can give advice but not receive it :!: I have found it very hard to come on here for a while now as in such a bad place :!:

Anyway ~ take care and more cotton wool hugs for you

Louise xx

julie47

Morning DD

You are not stupid or daft for getting yourself in a whirl about your knees. It is yet another problem that you now have to deal with and you are not sure how or when it is going to be treated. The waiting game to see specialists plays mind tricks and has you trying to come to conclusions yourself.
I hope the appointment comes through shortly , then you will know where you stand.

Lovely that the trip to the pub went well, will have helped you relax a little.

Hope today you feel a little better.

sending you hugs and positive vibes.
Take care
juliepf x

barbara12

morning DD...Im so glad you had a good night at the pub...like you say once you see the xrays...the pain seems to double..those bony growths aren't nice are they...apparently its your body way of growing more bone....one of these days it will get it right and not bother :roll: I hope you get some relief very soon.
Take care
Love
Barbara x

stickywicket

Just come across this as I’ve been away – mainly great holiday with a smidgen of virus and post-holiday catching up thrown in. No time to read all through but I get the gist.

OK DD. Have boot (surgical shoe, actually, but every bit as clunky), will travel. This is an unrepeatable offer and I hope you realise how much of a sacrifice I’m making on your behalf. Regular forum readers may well remember the outcome last time I attempted a kick, and that was merely at a plug situated a couple of feet off the floor. I imagine your Harris is somewhat higher than that (unless you have problems hitherto undisclosed on this forum) so I may need to go into training. On the previous occasion I ended up on my own Harris, on the floor (Mr SW was naturally at the local hostelry at the time). I can modestly report that only my innate genius, coupled with every cushion in the house, considerable engineering skills (Many thanks, brother Mike, for the childhood loan of your Meccano set) and my superhuman upper body strength enabled me to get my Harris into gear again. (First gear)

However, I am prepared to risk all once more, such is my utter selflessness. Tell you what, just for you I’ll change into my new surgical shoes – clunkier, chunkier and feeling as if they are lined with lead.

OK I’m ready.

DD?

Where’s she gone?

Anyone seen DD?

jayneys

Its no good D.D is rideing around on her zebra looking for a way out of that maze,there is a hole in the hedge ware the weed killer has worked,but the bloody zebra .is playing up and wont go in the right dieretion, and i cant get my spotty wellies on to help. Hope you are feeling alittle better today DD,such a lovley day .I m off to see the dr tommrow ,if he read this he would forget about the arth and start looking at my head. all the best DD jAYNE X

dreamdaisy

Oh my oh my - what a fortunate girl DD is, to be sure. Again my thanks to all those who have added their wisdomic words (I know wisdomic isn't a word, but I think it should be, it's a good 'un) and for making me smile and laugh out loud.

Sticky? You are right, my Harris is somewhat higher than a plug socket, so please do not even attempt to launch your wondrous footwear in my direction, it will only end in disaster (remember the old one about the bacon slicer?) Fnar-fnar.

Janey, I wish you a good visit to the doctor tomorrow, I hope he is able to sort summat out for you that is actually going to help matters and help you feel better - that would be a very good thing and do let us know how you get on.

Barbara12, how right you are about Xrays and pain. If I do head down the surgery route I shall request that the surgeon does, actually, hang a coathanger from one of the growths and take a picture for me. That'd be a real original for one of our walls!

Julie, bless you. Kind, wise words as ever, and you facing your own set of difficult circumstamces too, ones that put mine way into the shade. Thank you for taking the time to post, I do appreciate it. I am pleased to report that I am shorn and shaped - I hardly recognise me, I am all ready for me hols now! The south coast won't know what's hit it!

Compositor

DD hello darl, what can I say different that has not been said already, I do feel for you my love...what I can say is that the words you put into this AC site/forum is one hell of a medicine for a great number of people. Just taking in your understanding, balance, listenings, explanations and many many theories give us something to cling on to. The response to to this thread is brilliant, so many emotions, options and opinions which gives you something to draw on. But, I don't know what meds do to you personally, you don't know what meds do to me personally, it's one hell of something to deal with...I changed my house (no stairs) which helped, then I found I struggled in other places were they had stairs because I wasn't use to them...it's one hell of something to deal with. I really want you to find some resolve and find a level that gives you a fair crack of the whip, but, you will, you've got it in you. Keep going my love, and keep giving us our daily intake of your medicine and be good.

John xx

tjt6768

oh my dear DD.. I'm sorry I've not been around for ar5e kicking duties lately.. Consider my ker-knackered ker-knees ready to launch those blocks of ice at their ends that are my footsies skyward one at a time... Heading... DDs jacksie

Moving to this place with no stairs was the best thing we ever did, so much easier to cope with...

I do hope that you are alright mi dear.

Will be in touch soon..

Tony
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