Finding it tough

Gallowgate

Hi new here. Got diagnosed 12 months ago. Psoriatic and osteoarthritis. Gone from big strong fit, tough worker, to a shell of myself.

noddingtonpete

Hello @Gallowgate and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you have Psoriatic and Osteoarthritis and this has had a big effect on you. Have you had a look at our website? It contains a lot of useful information on arthritis, treatments and other stuff like pain management. I've put a couple of links in below which might be of interest to help.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2022/may/all-about-psoriatic-arthritis/

and

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2023/january/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-when-you-have-arthritis/

Please keep posting and let us know how you are getting on.

With very best wishes,

Peter (moderator)