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haleylou77
haleylou77 Member Posts: 1
edited 3. Jul 2025, 07:44 in Living with arthritis

Hi all thank you for letting me join the group I suffer with osteoarthritis in both knees my hips and spine thankfully only mild in spine but due to my age am 47 I've had 3 operations on my left knee to try and help but nothing has worked and they won't do a replacement till am 50 they have basically told me nothing more they can do and pain management can't help anymore and I feel so alone as my husband trys to understand but he doesn't understand the pain am in sorry for the long post and thanks for the rant

Haley

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  • PJoanne
    PJoanne Moderator Posts: 319
    edited 3. Jul 2025, 07:43

    Hello @haleylou77

    Welcome to the community. We hope that you find it a friendly and informative space.

    It's really great that you have someone to support you who is trying to understand how you feel. I do agree that sometimes only yourself will know how it really feels and I'm sure that lots of people with long term pain would say the same. We just have to accept the limitations of what someone else can understand about what we are going through. Perhaps he'd like to do practical things like running you an epsom salt's bath or joining you in some guided breathing ? Both of those things are good for helping managing pain.

    Have a look at this link. At the bottom there's a stretching exercise video which is really good to do (exercise has been proven to help manage pain) : Meditation and mindfulness and how it might help you

    Also, please do call the helpline team if you would like to speak to someone 'live', it's free and they are fantastic.

    Hoping you are feeling a bit better today, all the best Joanne

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

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