Just venting

Alison_B1968 · 21. Mar 2025, 20:17

On the 5th March this year. I was Medically Capability Dismissed. I have several medical conditions. I have Osteoarthritis in both hands. I recently got my x-ray results. It says, There are severe degenerative changes within the middle to little fingers DIP joints bilaterally with more moderate degenerative of the MCP & PIP joints.

noddingtonpete · 22. Mar 2025, 13:57

Hello @Alison_B1968 and welcome to the Online Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

You might find the following of interest

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/hand-and-wrist-pain/

and

hand-and-wrist-pain-information-booklet.pdf

I hope you find something that helps you and you are among friends so this is a safe place for a vent.

Best wishes

Peter

Bryony · 25. Mar 2025, 00:19

If you are needing to work I hope you find something that you can do, with your range of ailments. If not, then I hope you get the benefits you deserve.

jen_1709 · 25. Mar 2025, 06:54

sorry to hear that , I’ve got osteoarthritis in my fingers but mainly thumb joints , have said mild but painful 😣

Hope your ok

Baloo · 25. Mar 2025, 07:01

@Alison_B1968 feel free to vent. Or even say your feeling better now it was all a big mistake (not really). I found it was helpful to start different threads for the progress of different things, it's really important to have somewhere you can do that.

Just venting

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