Casualty story line

Watching Casualty as per usual right now & there's a patient with RA - about time too! Funny thing is I KNEW she would have RA as soon as she appeared! Spooky! xx

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Also she's pretty & fairly glamorous - just like all of us!

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My family have just said is the pain that bad!!!!! Eureka thank you casualty

[tessintrouble]

missed it! maybe there is a repeat later in the week? (dont have fancy catch up TV)

[Philip]

BBC iplayer will let you watch it lol , I recorded it so I'm watching now

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I just watched it - hadn't watched Casualty for years - makes me wonder why I ever stopped it's really well acted! And yes it was great having some skinny milinky woman showing how RA is. Thanks Luce! xx

[helixhelix]

Drat.....can't get iplayer outside the UK (even tho' I pay my licence fee) so I missed it!

[tiger in reply to helixhelix]

You can access iPlayer in France if you subscribe to iPortal at 5 euros per month

[helixhelix in reply to tiger]

Not heard of that, thanks I'll google it. Hope not too complicated as I'm pretty basic where computers are concerned.....

[tiger in reply to helixhelix]

No, it wasn't complicated and the service team are extremely helpful. I think you get a trial month.

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Yes thanks Luce! I opened my emails this morning , saw this and went straight onto iplayer to watch it. I haven't watched Casualty in about ten years now! Pleased Charlie Fair head is still in it though always had a soft spot for him!

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She was asked what she took for her RA & replied 'Just the usual, Paracetamol, anti-inflammatories...' which struck a bum note because as she was meant to be in constant pain & was on crutches the 'usual' would have been DMARDs or anti-tnfs.

I think that inaccuracy was required as she was self-medicating with cannabis for pain relief & to mention Mtx or whatever would have been to imply that the standard drugs don't always work! And that wouldn't sit easily with Casualty's public service remit.

But it cheesed me off a bit not because I want to be pitied but I do want my friends & family to get there little heads around the fact that I have a serious bloody illness & take some serious bloody drugs so that I don't have to constantly explain myself.

But hey, it's a start! xx

[mille in reply to Hidden]

Well said, i totally agree. x

[rattusrattus in reply to Hidden]

i thought that was a bit odd too, surely she had have mentioned mtx at least!

[miss]

Sorry i missed it. You took the words write out of my mouth. I am sure people think i am making a fuss for no reason. hummmmm do you think i will prosecuted if a grow cannabis plant ?? YES XX

[joan_w]

I think it was meant that she had decided not to take the standard RA drugs and was just self-medicating for the pain, but it certainly did not make that clear. I thought it was poor because it implied that all you have to take for RA are just painkilling drugs, no mention of the other toxic ones we take.