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Jayne_44
Jayne_44 Member Posts: 3
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Good evening all,

I’ve recently found out that I have osteoarthritis in my knee I’m convinced now I have it in both knees as I’m getting the same pain. I am on naproxen and Zapain which don’t ease the pain at all I have gone back to my gp and he has now referred me to a pain clinic. I wanted to know if any one had advice on sleeping at night I just can’t get comfortable with the pain it constantly wakes me in the night I can’t remember last time I had a full good night sleep. I do also have back problems which don’t help as I’m in pain with that too 😞

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  • noddingtonpete
    noddingtonpete Moderator Posts: 1,214

    Hello @Jayne_44 and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

    Have a look at the following from our website which I hope will be of some use to you.

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

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

    Best wishes

    Peter

    Need more help? - call our Helpline on0800 5200 520Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

  • Jayne_44
    Jayne_44 Member Posts: 3

    Thank you so much I’m so happy I came across this community 🥰

  • Baloo
    Baloo Member Posts: 509
    edited 23. Jan 2024, 21:38

    @Jayne_44 I suspect the name of the game is to keep weight off the affected joints with pillows, which is completely against normal life, but I found they helped until I found my favourite answer.

    On sleep I found helpful to know sleep isn't all night long anyway. The first full cycle is done in only a few hours then no matter what you do, your system has another go and another and another. It's incredible.

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