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Adele68

Hello I'm Adele and I have recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in my lower spine. I have had this since being 29. But only recently being diagnosed with it. I am in excruciating pain all day every day , since August last year. I have had an MRI which shows I have a crumbling disc in lower spine, which the won't operate on because its near the nerves. Had bloods taken which showed nothing wrong, had a xray on my hip which then showed I have really bad rheumatoid arthritis.

Thank you Adele xx

PeterJ

Hello @Adele68 and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that you find that as well.

I understand that you have Rheumatoid arthritis in your lower spine and in a lot of pain. Our website has some useful information in it on how arthritis affects us, treatments, hint and tips etc. and I would recommend having a look through it. To help I've put a couple of links in below which may be of use.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/your-experiences/hints-and-tips/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on, and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their support and experiences as well.

With very best wishes

Peter