Osteoarthritis is making my life very miserable!

Cagney69

Hello,
I have osteoarthritis. I think it started with a neck injury and it's progressively got worse over the years and has pretty much affected all of my joints.
I used to be very sports active and now I can't do half the things I was once able to and that really upsets me and saddens me but I still try. Sometimes my joints get very sore and painful. Strong painkillers helped a bit but they had side effects so I stopped taking them. My GP prescribed me something but unfortunately they didn't help. I have muscle weakness in my upper limbs and lower limbs (feet included) and I quite often lose my balance which is not a good feeling!
My arthritis arthritis is affecting every aspect of my life which is making me very miserable!
Any feedback would be appreciated!

Ellen

Hello @Cagney69

It's good to meet you and welcome you to the Versus Arthritis online Community.

It's really hard when we were active and Arthritis stops us doing what we used to do. There are things you can still do though I am attaching a link about exercise which you might be interested in:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/exercise/

I see also that pain relief is a problem for you. Many of have spent a long time finding just the right medication/solution to our pain.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/

I will leave you to meet our members and hear their experiences.

Best wishes

Ellen

Cagney69

Thanks Ellen that's much appreciated! :)

Mike1

Ditto!