For 6 weeks now the middle joints on the fingers of both hands have been swollen and extremely tender. I cannot knock on a door and it hurts if I accidentally touch a cupboard door with them. They are also stiff but mainly in my right hand. My thumbs and little fingers are unaffected. I have osteoarthritis in my big toes and my gp says that that is what is wrong with my fingers.
I am now allergic to nsaids and have been prescribed co-dydramol but it doesn't seem to be doing much. I am also so tired but I don't know if that is because this is starting to get me down.
Does anyone have any advice?
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I was once given some special gloves to wear by an OT but to be honest I don't really like to wear or use anything that draws attention to my problems so I didn't use these.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Suzanne x
I have had an injection in my thumb around 5 months ago..and it worked brilliant...so when I go back I will ask for one in my index finger...like you it is really swollen and sore....ask you GP to refer you it is well worth it x
Barbara
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I'm thinking about changing my GP. It's taken me ages to get an appointment with a podiatrist about my feet. I have to take 2 pairs of shoes so I'm hoping they are going to do something about my collapsed arches. Last year my Gp gave me a prescription for metatarsal arch supports but every pharmacy I went to told me that they'd been discontinued. I work out in the cold as a market researcher and If the cold weather continues I really don't think I can do it any more. I want to see a rheumatologist but the GP just tells me that all that can be done is surgery and that the operation is "brutal".
I'm just so fed up. I had trouble with my feet for years but didn't think much of it. I just wore wide fitting shoes and took painkillers if it got bad and thought that it wasn't too bad. But the last year has brought a dramatic decline. I can't type with my right index finger and I have to use my middle finger for writing. The slightest touch on certain places of my knuckles just hurts so much. They are very warm to touch as well. The deterioration in my hands has been very dramatic. They were only a bit stiff up until about 6 weeks ago.
I suppose I've started thinking about what the future will hold. I have a horse who is my pride and joy. He's also my main way of relaxation but I'm so tired after work and my hands hurt so much that I do very little with him now.
I can sympathise with what you're owing through painwise -- I have OA in both hands and most joints below my knees, although my ankles joined the party about six months after the others. My ankles mainly hurt in cold weather, and the only way to describe them is that they feel "brittle" when they're sore ... what I have found is if I wear boots during the winter they're not so bad. So maybe that's a suggestion for you.
Good luck
Scozzie
Best wishes and good luck with it all!
Your GP sounds a bit useless. Try and find a better one who will refer you ASAP I would say. The window before damage is done can be quite short so its important. Mat xx
If you want to persist with your current GP make sure you are stressing some of the differences between the fingers and the toes and demand you want it tested or for a referral to a specialist. Would recomend seeing someone else though because GPs can vary so much.
Good luck with everything and let us know how you get on.
I am also having problems with hernias at the minute. I had a spigelian one repaired in September last year and since then another has been found and so I am expecting to be readmitted for that one to be repaired shortly. I fell as if I'm plaguing the NHS at the minute and my GPs think I'm a nuisance! My last appointment was mainly about my hernia and by the time I got round to mentioning my fingers time was running out.
Well worth the wait