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Flying with Metoject

Help please! I have just started on MTX jabs so just beginning to learn about them. Can someone tell me what info they take with them when they fly with the...

Help please! I have just started on MTX jabs so just beginning to learn about t...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Help with a cough

I have had a bad cough now for three weeks. After the first week I went to my GP who gave me a course of antibiotics. It seemed to clear and I finished the...

I have had a bad cough now for three weeks. After the first week I went to my GP...

LesleyH

•12 years ago

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things are looking up.

just recived a letter from my rhumy they have brought my appointment forward quite alot and have said im to go to the joint and tissue inj and even gave me a...

just recived a letter from my rhumy they have brought my appointment forward qui...

emma58

•12 years ago

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So, I was diagnosed with RA around 2 years ago.

My ESR was raised but not my rhuematoid factor. Consultant says I am Sero-negative RA. I started on steroids for a time then added Sulphsalizine, This affected...

My ESR was raised but not my rhuematoid factor. Consultant says I am Sero-negati...

rab333

•12 years ago

9 Replies

just to let you know

Hi, I've just read Sci Queens blog and its spurred me on to tell you what has happened last week. I saw the physio and as you remember maybe he gave me a...

Hi, I've just read Sci Queens blog and its spurred me on to tell you what has ha...

allanah

•12 years ago

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Swelling on foot

i have a swelling on the side of my right foot just below my little toe which is red and sore and sticks out very unpleasantly. Looks a bit like a bunion but...

i have a swelling on the side of my right foot just below my little toe which is...

Mags126

•12 years ago

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Hi, has anyone found they are having teething problems!Since having RA, I find my teeth seem extra sensitive.

Had a crown a little while ago, and 2 big fillings - just went to dentist and now need another crown £550 and a filling £175 - can hardly believe it. Any...

Had a crown a little while ago, and 2 big fillings - just went to dentist and no...

Jan66

•12 years ago

8 Replies

hi i have been diagnosed with rhumatiod athritus for over 18 months,

i am currently on methotrexate and sulfasalzine, i am also a type 1 diabetic and have just discovered i might be pregnant, i could really do with some advice...

i am currently on methotrexate and sulfasalzine, i am also a type 1 diabetic and...

D4bky

•12 years ago

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Son home safely and i have done a bit too much

Hope everyone had a lovely mothers day,i did,my son got back about 1.00pm. Then we had all the washing,nothing new there i hear you see,boys how the hell do...

Hope everyone had a lovely mothers day,i did,my son got back about 1.00pm. Then ...

sylvi

•12 years ago

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aches in tops of your legs

i get terrible aches in tops of my legs, dunno if anyone else gets it feels like something tight round tops of my legs its a strange feeling.....

i get terrible aches in tops of my legs, dunno if anyone else gets it feels lik...

gerri-1966

•12 years ago

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Climacteric stage and rheumatoid arthritis

Does anybody knows if a premenopause stage affects and worsens an existing arthritis condition? If yes, in what ways? This stage is usually associated with...

Does anybody knows if a premenopause stage affects and worsens an existing arthr...

VickyG

•12 years ago

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Stopping cimzia ?

Feeling really panicky now, have been getting lots of twitching/ tingling/ vibrating sensations over past 6 month, which consultant knew about and waiting for...

Feeling really panicky now, have been getting lots of twitching/ tingling/ vibra...

cherry2

•12 years ago

13 Replies

Heart problems?

I have had RA for 8 years, and recently when I had an ECG it was found I had slight heart damage. I have tried to thnk what may have caused it, and wondered...

I have had RA for 8 years, and recently when I had an ECG it was found I had sli...

muffin

•12 years ago

8 Replies

Mothers day

Happy mothers day to all of you mums out there and thinking of all who don't have their mum this year , or those who would love to be a mum and it hasn't...

Happy mothers day to all of you mums out there and thinking of all who don't hav...

allanah

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Mothers Day calm

Much to my surprise as I am having an enforced month off following my wrist op tomorrow I am being thoroughly spoilt for Mothers Day - have had breakfast made...

Much to my surprise as I am having an enforced month off following my wrist op t...

rheumatoidymummy

•12 years ago

7 Replies

another drug bites the dust, what next?

Had to come off plaquenil 10 days ago due to terrible itching and a fetching little rash which wouldn't win me any beauty contests. Tried anti-histamines which...

Had to come off plaquenil 10 days ago due to terrible itching and a fetching lit...

Pollywollydoodle

•12 years ago

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Loretta sounds well.

I have spoken to loretta and she sounds much brighter and it was lovely to talk with her. She has to go to hospital on monday to have the dressing changed and...

I have spoken to loretta and she sounds much brighter and it was lovely to talk ...

sylvi

•12 years ago

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What is a safe combination to take

Hi all, I have recently fractured my distal humerus/elbow,which was fixated in theatre and taking co-codimal, paracetamol, tramadol and arcoxia anything that...

Hi all, I have recently fractured my distal humerus/elbow,which was fixated in t...

wjfk64

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Work and RA

I'd like to open a discussion about how people with RA managed their professional life. In my case, I've a demanding job and I start to wounder for how long...

I'd like to open a discussion about how people with RA managed their professiona...

Theresa

•12 years ago

8 Replies

A new pain?

For the past three nights, I have been woken by the most incredible white hot pain in both knees. It comes in waves like contractions about every 30 seconds...

For the past three nights, I have been woken by the most incredible white hot pa...

Lillibet

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Sam’s farewell........

I am very sad to say that this will be my last blog as I am leaving NRAS at the end of March. Although I have only been here 6 months, I have learned a...

I am very sad to say that this will be my last blog as I am leaving NRAS at the ...

SamanthaBeaton

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Mine this time.

I am writing for myself today. I will not be going into hospital before april. Thats a real downer i can tell you. I had my nuclear scan yesterday so surgeon...

I am writing for myself today. I will not be going into hospital before april. T...

sylvi

•12 years ago

16 Replies

The side effects you don't get told about!

Since my diagnosis I have dropped coffee, tea and yesterday, boiling porridge on my leg. I got the bowl out of the microwave and just couldn't get a firm...

Since my diagnosis I have dropped coffee, tea and yesterday, boiling porridge on...

WiseSarah

•12 years ago

10 Replies

I am about to start Orencia, anyone with experience of it? I would welcome your comments good or bad.

I am on mtx, about to beg. inj. also plaquenil, plus bits and bobs, I had a limited success with enbrel and rtx. and funding is just being applied for me to...

I am on mtx, about to beg. inj. also plaquenil, plus bits and bobs, I had a limi...

Zeen

•12 years ago

2 Replies

Does anyone have muscular arthritis?

a newish friend has told me that she has muscular arthritis. I'd like to know more about it. According to Internet you can have ra and this. It'd be handy to...

a newish friend has told me that she has muscular arthritis. I'd like to know mo...

cathie

•12 years ago

18 Replies

Does it work?

Sitting here cannot sleep, and so looking forward to taking week 7 of mtx. mY Hands and fingers hurt, they are swollen and stiff, wondered if this medication...

Sitting here cannot sleep, and so looking forward to taking week 7 of mtx. mY H...

Jetblack

•12 years ago

10 Replies

Thank you from Loretta.

Loretta, has said thank you for all you kind wishes.

sylvi

•12 years ago

6 Replies

RA GROUP

Feel as if lm in limbo, join a RA support group but didnt stay,lm early50s, but even so l felt as if l was out of place as most of were 60+,plus we had a guest...

Feel as if lm in limbo, join a RA support group but didnt stay,lm early50s, but ...

beaker

•12 years ago

5 Replies

Was it worth going private?

As you know I was advised by my GP to go private for my rheumy appointment as the waiting lists were so long. I waited four weeks for my private appointment...

As you know I was advised by my GP to go private for my rheumy appointment as th...

Hidden

•12 years ago

16 Replies

No not more!!

Well i went to the podiatrist yesterday who was lovely and said he would make me two pairs of special shoes and insoles and let me choose a lovely pair i...

Well i went to the podiatrist yesterday who was lovely and said he would make me...

allanah

•12 years ago

6 Replies

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All posts for March 2012

Flying with Metoject

Help with a cough

things are looking up.

So, I was diagnosed with RA around 2 years ago.

just to let you know

Swelling on foot

Hi, has anyone found they are having teething problems!Since having RA, I find my teeth seem extra sensitive.

hi i have been diagnosed with rhumatiod athritus for over 18 months,

Son home safely and i have done a bit too much

aches in tops of your legs

Climacteric stage and rheumatoid arthritis

Stopping cimzia ?

Heart problems?

Mothers day

Mothers Day calm

another drug bites the dust, what next?

Loretta sounds well.

What is a safe combination to take

Work and RA

A new pain?

Sam’s farewell........

Mine this time.

The side effects you don't get told about!

I am about to start Orencia, anyone with experience of it? I would welcome your comments good or bad.

Does anyone have muscular arthritis?

Does it work?

Thank you from Loretta.

RA GROUP

Was it worth going private?

No not more!!

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