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angcaz

Hi everyone my name is Angela and I have had osteoarthritis since my late 20's. I had a cartilage transplant and femoral osteotomy aged 38 years. At the age of 51 I now have severe arthritis of both my shoulders and currently having corticosteroid injections until I can face a shoulder replacement 😕. I also have severe arthritis of my left knee and will need a knee replacement but trying to buy some time with a Hyaluronic acid injection next week. I am struggling to understand why this has happened too me and feeling quite low currently. I normally lovr to walk, do yoga and go to the gym but have just had a real exacerbation of my left knee and currently needing a crutch to walk. I am literally dreading getting older and what my future holds 😕

olivia_b

Hello @angcaz welcome to the online community, I hope you find it useful here.

I am sorry to hear you are going through a tough time with everything at the moment, feeling low and worried is fully understandable and you are not alone.

I have attached some information for you, from the VA website and I hope they give you some peace of mind/information.

Please let us know if you have any other concerns or questions and we will do our best to help you.

https://versusarthritis.org/news/2021/september/arthritis-and-depression-what-you-can-do-about-it/

https://versusarthritis.org/news/2024/april/distraction-expression-or-a-moment-of-joy-how-creativity-helps-people-with-arthritis/

Keep us updated if you feel up to it, we look forward to hearing from you :)

Best wishes,

Olivia