OA

KarenJC

Hi everyone :-) I am new to this group. I have had OA in my left knee for a good few years now, but the last year I have been diagnosed with it in both my hands and now my foot, I am also waiting to see if I have it in my right knee too. I have found that the injections help a lot better than pain killers from the dr. I also have carpal tunnel in my right hand and a trigger thumb! I feel like I'm falling apart!

Is it natural to have days when you are so tired and have no energy?

Baloo

@KarenJC I was tired and achey long before arthritis, and it has just kept on going worse.

I still become so whacked out that I kind of stop. Brain switches off in the middle of writing this post and I just want to go lie down.

I have noticed though, the difference between tiredness and fatigue. If fatigue sets in it affects more than just feeling tired, I lose motivation, feeling productive and creative becomes feeling numb and uncaring. This is perhaps a worse condition than tired, and needs a recovery back to feeling ok.

Naomi33

Morning @KarenJC and welcome to the online community.

Sorry to hear your concerns about OA and falling apart.

The following link maybe of interest to you…

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

Sadly personally having days of no energy and tiredness are part of the condition to in my experience. I work with one day on and usually two to recover on a bad flare up 🤷‍♂️ but everyone different.

If possible keep a diary and take photos to show your doctor your joints at the worst. This helped me through proving it to them as a good day looked normal (ish) !!

Best wishes and keep posting I am sure others will connect.

@Naomi33