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Jess24
Jess24 Member Posts: 1
edited 15. Oct 2024, 10:20 in Young people's community

My name is jess and i am newly diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. im 24 and wondered if i could connect with anyone else that is around this age?

Thank you

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  • MaryL44
    MaryL44 Moderator Posts: 113

    Hello @Jess24  and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

    Our website is a mine of information so do look at it. You might be particularly interested in:

    https://www.versusarthritis.org/search?query=Young+people+living+with+arthritis

    You will have found our young peoples community. Members will probably have lots of advice for you so keep checking back here for their responses.

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

    Best wishes

    Mary

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,027

    Hi @Jess24

    I was just posting to @BradleyDavidPhillips also a younger person like yourself. I am definitely not! The younger person's category can be quite quiet although a lot of younger people do post in other categories too. Living with arthritis is usually the busiest category of all of them.

    Some of your questions might be around your actual disease/medication. So PsA specific. I use the 'search' button (top right) which gets me quicker results.

    Please do ask if there's anything us old hands can help with.

    Toni x

  • BDP123
    BDP123 Member Posts: 2
    https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/727526#Comment_727526

    Thank you for the mention and your comment on my post!

  • annabanana
    annabanana Moderator Posts: 86

    Hi @Jess24 , I'm 19 with Rheumatoid Arthritis and can verify that there are a fair few of us on here who are younger and have arthritis 😊! I hope you enjoy using the online community, having access to it has definitely been beneficial for me.

    Need more help? - call our Helpline on 0800 5200 520 Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

  • KezzieSarah
    KezzieSarah Member Posts: 1

    Hi @Jess24 , I am also new here and 27, was diagnosed with Seronegative episodic inflammatory arthritis (exact type yet to be determined as i seem to be a bit of an anomaly) recently, would love to connect😀

  • olivia_b
    olivia_b Moderator Posts: 67

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

    I'm glad to see you are reaching out to other members and sharing experiences!

    Remember the community is here if you ever need anything.

    Kind regards,

    Olivia

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