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Benaigen
Benaigen Member Posts: 3
edited 10. Jul 2025, 06:16 in Living with arthritis

Hi Everyone, Just thought I would say Hello.

I have Osteoarthritis in my spine and it is giving me lots of pain. Not a good way to start a conversation when you have just joined.

I’m wondering if there is anyone on here who lives in Plymouth, as it would be good to get together sometime. Let me know if you live in Plymouth or the surrounding area and perhaps we can meet up sometime….. that is if you want to meet up. Hopefully I will get some replies.

Benaigen

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  • olivia_b
    olivia_b Moderator Posts: 105

    Hello @Benaigen,

    Welcome to the online community. I hope you feel comfortable with us. Please feel free to use the platform as much as you would like, following the guidelines.

    Sorry to hear you're in a lot of pain at the moment, but I'm sure there are some members near you and hopefully they'll reach out.

    In the meantime feel free to ask anymore questions,

    Olivia x

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

  • Benaigen
    Benaigen Member Posts: 3

    I’m not finding it easy to work my way around this site, as I had hoped it would be more like a Facebook site. I’m not into computers in a big way but I do like things to be easy and simple. Can you see peoples profiles on here and can you talk to them?? Where do they come from as it’s nice to know there are other people close to where you live, but you can’t see any of that!!
    Is there any plans about upgrading the site??

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,444
    edited 10. Jul 2025, 06:04

    If there's anyone you get on with you can send them a PM personal message see the envelope sign top right of this page?

    Also have you looked at this

    https://versusarthritis.org/in-your-area/

    I met up with another two people from this site we went to our local Versus Arthritis group. I also did one of the pain management courses they used to do.

    You can see people's profiles too but they don't show a lot about them unless they have added a lot of information.

    There was a rumour a bit back that the site might get an upgrade our admin is @PeterJ he might be able to answer that.

    I myself have used this forum for many years so it feels very safe and familiar to me, but I can understand how different it is to facebook.

    Toni

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