Hello

Twinkletoes25

Hello there! I've just arrived in the online community, so I haven't had a good look around yet. I have osteoarthritis in both knees, which are stiff and slightly swollen rather than being painful. As a consequence, I have relatively poor mobility and get tired very easily. I'm looking forward to meeting all you lovely people online and being able to share in your experiences and ideas. 😀

CCM

Greetings @Twinkletoes25 and welcome.

You have been given a diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee, which although does not give you a great deal of pain, causes poor mobility and tiredness. You may find the exercises in this link of assistance for the stiffness:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/knee-pain/#knee-pain_knee-exercises

An icepack (20 minutes every couple of hours) should help the swelling and a hot water bottle the pain.

Do have a look around the rest of the site, there are many friendly people out there.

Good luck, Tom.

frogmorton

Hello @Twinkletoes25

I just replied to you other post!

WELCOME to our lovley forum from me too

Twinkletoes25

Hi @frogmorton I spoke to a really pleasant gentleman on the Versus Arthritis helpline yesterday. He pointed me in this direction and I'm so glad I came. Janet x

frogmorton

How lovely! Good idea helpline person. The forum/ Online Community is a great place to be everyone is so supportive 👍️

Join in anywhere people will welcome you with open arms (as best they can of course!)

Twinkletoes25

@frogmorton maybe not with open arms in the present COVID society! 🤣🤣

frogmorton

@Twinkletoes25

😁😁😁

Just virtually maybe!!