Hip replacement at age 24

emilyahmed

Hi everyone. This is my first post here. I’m 27 next week and was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my early 20s. I’ve never met another young person with my condition and I would really like to meet others like me, as it just feels very lonely. I had a hip replacement aged 24 and have been advised I need the other side doing now too. As well as regular hydrotherapy, land physiotherapy, steroid injections and oral medications. I’ve had to give up my career as a registered nurse in the NHS and I feel a lot of resentment towards my condition - especially as all of my peers are young and mobile. I would love to have a discussion about your own experiences living with arthritis at such a young age and hopefully we can support each other a little through the ride. Em x

PJoanne

Hello @emilyahmed

Welcome to the forum, its great to have you here with us.

Here is a link to the VA page for connecting with other people in your age group.

https://versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/young-people/connect-with-other-young-people/

This might be interesting for you:

https://versusarthritis.org/news/2020/april/meet-the-young-people-behind-the-arthritis-tracker-app/

Hopefully it won't be long before you get some comments

all the best Joanne

jessleighanne

Hi @emilyahmed, I'm sorry to hear you're struggling - I haven't yet got any formal arthritis diagnosis but have recently been diagnosed with HSD. I completely understand your feelings of loneliness though, it is very isolating when no one around you has a similar condition 😔 although I may not be much support, please message me if you want to chat privately about anything. Sending you lots of love, Jess 💖x