Newly diagnosed with OA

catcrazylady

Hi there,

Wanted to share my story of how I am here.Recently diagnosed with OA by rrheumatologist after being diagnosed with polymyalgia by my GP only diagnosed via blood & a reply from rheumatology dept. Was told i needed steroids for polymyalgia.

I insisted on an appointment to be referred to the rheumatology To have a genuine diagnosis.

And here I am Not PMR but OA

It's all new to me any pointers gratefully received.

Thank you 😊

noddingtonpete

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

I would suggest having a look at our website and the information contained on it, just use the search. To help I've put a couple of links in below.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/managing-your-pain/

and

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

Where abouts in your body does this affect - if you can be more specific other members will likely respond with their shared experiences.

Best wishes

Peter

catcrazylady

Neck

Both shoulders especially rightshoulder sometimes forearms,

Hips both most painful in right one & both knees but worse in my left knee which has a bakers cyst to the rear this flareup when standing too long.

mrst1

Standing sets my is off too 😔