New to this....2 months ago diagnosed with osteoarthritus in the neck of all places.Had all tests and x rays which shows degenerative arthrtis.Been through HR and an independant DRs report done .Iam now taken off my normal duties at work and they are trying to find me other duties where i dont have to stretch or bend my neck as much.I.work for a large national communications company and they are doing there best.Iam taking Naproxen which seems to help and also co-codamol.
what i would like to know is as anyone got ill health retirement through neck arthritis.Iam 57.years old and have worked for the company 19 years.