Help.

[jillygirl]

just joined the NRAS community, found the site through quit support. Yes that should give you a clue :- quit smoking four and half months ago and the community site has helped me through.

I have not been diagnosed with RA yet as the doc wants some x rays and another blood test. This started about 2 months ago with Oedema and plantar fascitus in my feet, gradually I am getting more pain in my ankles and knees. My heel pain hasnt improved and off to podiatrist again in 3 weeks.

I just thought I would browse this site and glean any information that might be useful. Will probably be chatting with you all soon.

Lovely to meet you all.

[aligator]

Good morning jillygirl,

Welcome to the club, it is great to know there are people out there who understand how you are feeling without judgement just love & concern plus often good advice. I hope you find that so.

Well done about giving up smoking I understand how hard that can be although I do not smoke my son& daughter do. Both are attempting to quit.

Hope your day does well. Love Alison x

[jillygirl]

Thanks Alison, its good to meet you, I am sure I will be chatting to you in a few weeks time. Tell your son and daughter to look on quit support community it really is good. I am 63yr old and smoked since I was 17 so if I can do it so can they. anyway enjoy your day look forward to chatting.

[Victoria-NRAS Partner Moderator NRAS]

Dear Jillygirl

Welcome to the site and well done on quitting smoking, which is a great achievement. If you do get diagnosed with RA this will really help, as smoking can make the RA symptoms worse.

I hope you find the site useful and get lots of support on here. You can also find a lot of information about various aspects of RA on the NRAS website, and are welcome to make use of the NRAS helpline if it would be useful to you. You can call the helpline Mon-Fri from 9.30-4.30 on 0800 298 7650. You can also email us: [e-mail].

Kind regards

Victoria

(NRAS Helpline)

[jillygirl in reply to Victoria-NRAS]

Thanks for welcoming me to the site Victoria. Its nice to know all the helplines etc.

I dont see the doc for 2 weeks , just had more blood tests and xrays today. Reading through the site it sounds highly likely I have started with RA. but will let you know. thanks again.