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JIA and my future. Shared this on young peoples community, thought i would share it here
Hello everyone, i was diagnosed with JIA when i was 2 in my knees and then following steroid injections and physiotherapy i was put into remission when i was 7. Then after not having any pain (i did swimming for this period of time) i started playing football which then i would have some flare ups in my knees and hips but…
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Looking for the Best Electric Food Chopper – Need Advice!
I have researched the best electric food choppers for the past few days because I need one for quicker meal prep. I read reviews on The New York Times, Consumer Reports, and Good Housekeeping, and they are recommending these two as the best: KitchenAid food chooper [….] Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap Food Processor [….] Post…
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Question re: getting succinct information for work adjustments
Hi, new here, hope I've posted in the right place. I've just been given a diagnosis from an MRI of facet joint arthritis and wasting of paraspinal muscles (the second due to long covid). I work part time and already have some adjustments in place after 3 episodes of acute back pain, but this needs to be formalised now I…
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Hello and please can you help?
Hi everyone I hope everyone is doing ok living with their conditions? You're all superstars! I was diagnosed with RA in 2009 and have always worked full time every when my kids were very young. At the start of this year I had a flare which was so bad I was signed off work for 8 weeks. Since I've been back my employer, who…
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ESA Tribunal Appeal Help & Advice.
Hi I'm new here. I've been suffering with my arthritis following a severe flare up in the Autumn of 2023 which sent my inflammation markers into extremely high levels and I was in extreme pain and had limited mobility as a result. A change of medication to a monthly IV infusions of Tocilizumab has sorted out my…
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Recently diagnosed
Hi everyone! I was recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis in 7 separate joints and am struggling with daily severe pain. I am trying to get back to work as I have been off for a couple of months with the pain. I feel like no one I know understands the extent of what I am going through, though I am lucky to have a good…
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Hello long time no see
HI everyone. Had to rejoin as no idea what old details were. During the years in between I've had a TLHR in June 22 and a TRKR in October 23. I was making a great recovery from both by December 24. Then left hip decided to conk out, bone on bone again and back on s long nhs waiting list. Getting so fed up with everything…
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Arthritis & Working Full Timd
I've been living with RA for a few years now and whilst things at work have been steady, and my managers understanding, recently I have been referred to occupational health and I'm a little nervous. Has anyone been through the occupational health process with work?
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Back to work- quietly terrified!
So its time to leave my Christmas bubble and attempt to get back to work and my new reality. I am newly diagnosed with Arthritis, although that has been fairly casually done and I have yet to be given a type. It started in November with very painful left knee, then after trying to push through ( dr said wouldn’t make it…
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A rock and a hard place
I’ve recently started treatment (methotrexate) for PsA and I’m struggling… badly. I’ve had awful side effects and dropping out the anti inflammatories has had a monumentos impact on my physical abilities. I’ve not been at work for the past week following a trip to hospital and physically I know in reality I’m going to…
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PsA Newbie!
Hi guys, I have recently been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis at age 31. As pleased as I am to have an explanation for why I can’t get down the stairs in the morning, I’m struggling to see a day when things will be better ☹️ and that’s what every day is right now, a struggle. I have a young child, a full time job and a…
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Happy hello I am Ari & was diagnosed RA at age of 20.First few years were so hard on me & cruel to pass, morning stiffness, cold weather & water is enemy to me(won't even dared to touch it)pain everywhere & can't able to do any basic chores, waking up is a worst nightmare for me, inorder to eat,brush everything was so…
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Going back to work
Hi anybody gone back to work after being diagnosed with OA in left knee. I work as a carer on nights and I'm worried I wont be able to do my job when I come off the sick.
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Looking for social support
My PsA has found me living quite an isolated life. I struggle just to get through the day at work and there’s not much left to give after that. But I understand that if I continue to isolate I will have more stress and cope less and less with the pain. It’s such a perpetual cycle. So I’m reaching out for a hello, just to…
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I don't know where to turn
I work about 17 hours a week on my feet in a shop. I was diagnosed with PA 4 years ago but at first it was just sausage fingers and a painful toe. I ust got on with doing my 27 hours a week that I was then doing. But I then developed an infected gall bladder with eventual removal this hit me hard and took a while to…
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Unsure of what to do
hello my name is Deanna I am 28 years old and was diagnosed with psoriatic arthropathy 8 years ago recently my symptoms have worsened and my mental health has declined I am currently taking time off my 3 day a week job because of this I have applied for pip in the past but due to not having a great understanding of my…
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Advice on work and PIP for my mum
Hello everyone. I've not long turned 40 and having a lot of pain in my right hip, I'm having an xray at the end of the month, however my pain is bearable at the minute so this is more to get some advice for my mum. My mum has had issues with her legs / hip / sciatica for years however she has a high pain threshold, unlike…
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My New Diagnosis
Hello everyone, So, I'm a music teacher and have recently started experiencing stiffness and pain in one finger. Having taught older adults and helping my mum I had a horrible feeling I knew what it was but saw the GP yesterday to check I was still hoping he'd say it was an infection or injury but, unfortunately, my fears…
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Struggling with work
Hi everyone, I am a primary school teacher who works part-time. I have spinal stenosis, bulging discs, arthritis in hips and spine and have just had to take 4 weeks off work with horrendous sciatica. I am in pain every day but try to manage on over the counter pain medication with prescription meds for when things get…
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Working from home: Sit-stand desks
Hi, just seeing if anyone out there who works from home, who has OA in the hips, is using a sit-stand desk ? and whether they've really benefitted from having the option to stand whilst working rather than being seated all day ? I spend 95% of my time WFH, my work is PC based, nose to the screen 8/9 hours a day. My OA is…