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Thank goodness finally got my date for first appointment

Hi everyone, I have today received the letter from the hospital with a date for my first appointment with the rheumatology department. I am now going to...

Hi everyone, I have today received the letter from the hospital with a date for...

Amg0407

•12 years ago

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I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.....my fingers are swolen ...cant get my shoes & socks on & getting in and out of th

have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.....my fingers are swolen ...cant get my shoes & socks on & getting in and out of the bath is a...

have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.....my fingers are swolen ...

mickyb

•12 years ago

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Burning sensation

Had a bit of a flare in left ankle a few weeks ago It settled but now after a spell of sitting I get a burning sensation across the top of my foot when I get...

Had a bit of a flare in left ankle a few weeks ago It settled but now after a sp...

bestnana

•12 years ago

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Costochondritis - a right pain in the sternum

I've had a pain in the sternum (breastbone) several times over the last few months. It appears to be benign - evidenced by the fact that I'm still alive - and...

I've had a pain in the sternum (breastbone) several times over the last few mont...

GreenFlower

•12 years ago

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Twingy Head Pains

Hi folks I am taking MTX and Folic acid does anyone suffer with twingy pains in head followed by a fuzzy head from time to time, for me at the moment i am...

Hi folks I am taking MTX and Folic acid does anyone suffer with twingy pains ...

Ladybird47

•12 years ago

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Does anyone remember the name of the tablet?

Between approx 1975-1987, I know it's along time ago and some of you weren't born, but I was put on a tablet for arthritis in my elbow. I don't remember the...

Between approx 1975-1987, I know it's along time ago and some of you weren't bor...

muffin

•12 years ago

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Something for the Insomniac or the early bird ...

For them in to space, enjoy :) for them that are not ... ? http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/msl/edl.xml Its not...

For them in to space, enjoy :) for them that are not ... ? http://eyes.nasa.g...

PeteC

•12 years ago

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Sulphazasine - I hate it! :(

I've gone back onto Sulpha after a break of a few months as we thought it might be causing my bad taste/smell problem - seems it wasn't so am back on it. I...

I've gone back onto Sulpha after a break of a few months as we thought it might ...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Dla claim

I have just been awarded the lower rate of the care component and nothing else, bit disappointed, but i have appealed. Has anyone else received just this....

I have just been awarded the lower rate of the care component and nothing else, ...

jules48

•12 years ago

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ESA interview

Hi back again. I have had a few good weeks and the depression I had has appeared to have gone and I feel more positive. I am on ESA and get £99 a week but in...

Hi back again. I have had a few good weeks and the depression I had has appeared...

Beeper

•12 years ago

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Wet wedding afternoon...

Afternoon everyone of you,i am suffering the after affects of going to the wedding. I rested up before going to church. We all walked,well i drove in my...

Afternoon everyone of you,i am suffering the after affects of going to the weddi...

sylvi

•12 years ago

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Deliberating which sport to focus on..............LOL

Hello everyone, I've been out-of-sorts for the last week so haven't replied to people's posts (so rude of me) but I've been dipping in and out of the site...

Hello everyone, I've been out-of-sorts for the last week so haven't replied t...

Hidden

•12 years ago

6 Replies

World Arthritis Day

WAD is in Ictiber but it is already making me laugh on Facebook...

GreenFlower

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Prescription payments. When will the Government cut us some slack with an incurable disease?

I'm going to have a really good rant now, because I have been so upset and disillusioned over the last few weeks. I'll explain it thus: I no longer work as I...

I'm going to have a really good rant now, because I have been so upset and disil...

Andrea_Shapiro

•12 years ago

11 Replies

Hi everyone , advice needed

I was digniosed with seropositive erosive ra 9 months ago I take 20mg mtx, hydro 200mg twice a day, they have just added 1000mg sulfa twice aday I've had 3...

I was digniosed with seropositive erosive ra 9 months ago I take 20mg mtx, hydr...

marce

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Can anyone recommend a type of knee support for day-to-day wear when my RA is affecting my knee, making it swell and difficult to bend?

My knee doesn't really hurt, just feels weird and crunchy, so I just want to be able to get on and do things but obviously not make it any worse. I don't find...

My knee doesn't really hurt, just feels weird and crunchy, so I just want to be ...

CatLane

•12 years ago

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Dispensing rainbows

I just wanted to share my new rainbow-coloured tablet dispenser. It makes me happy just to look at it and I'm sure it will make the pill taking easier to...

I just wanted to share my new rainbow-coloured tablet dispenser. It makes me hap...

GreenFlower

•12 years ago

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Feeling lucky.. autoimmunity ..do we trigger flares ourselves?

Hi All. Just wanted to share some excitement and ask a question. We've just booked a week abroad in October (when Scotland gets a 2 week school holiday) -...

Hi All. Just wanted to share some excitement and ask a question. We've just book...

Hidden

•12 years ago

9 Replies

jaw breaking

had a bad couple of weeks of flare ups in usual places ( hands,feet,shoulders)but yesterday pain in right jaw so bad,only managed to eat a yogurt can ra affect...

had a bad couple of weeks of flare ups in usual places ( hands,feet,shoulders)bu...

wolves

•12 years ago

12 Replies

NODDIES !!!

Hi fellow nite timer Just wondering whose up? I've had a dull ache in my knees calf musles on & off all day in particular when I am at rest. It's not...

Hi fellow nite timer Just wondering whose up? I've had a dull ache in my k...

sciqueen

•12 years ago

2 Replies

what is DMARD?

hamble99b

•12 years ago

3 Replies

mtx and indigestion,why cant i start it

i went to see my RA nurse today who was going to start me on mtx and folic acid,i said iv been having really bad indigestion and now i cant start them till iv...

i went to see my RA nurse today who was going to start me on mtx and folic acid,...

bunny1

•12 years ago

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No side effects from metho...............only disappointed the system fails us.Time to make those accountable take responsibility.

Well I have self injected my metho..... but a waste of time coming to the hospital. Even the young nurse who asked whilst there said it was. Been a nurse for...

Well I have self injected my metho..... but a waste of time coming to the hospit...

watson3

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Happy Feet ...

They may be painful feet, but at least they're happy ones! Happy weekend, all - keep smiling! Sara xx

They may be painful feet, but at least they're happy ones! Happy weekend, all...

SootyB

•12 years ago

3 Replies

SPOTTY AND ITCHY

Since a week last monday I have these painful , lumpy, white , itchy bumps covering my arms,hands and even my fingers. The rash is red raw and burning when I...

Since a week last monday I have these painful , lumpy, white , itchy bumps cover...

Hidden

•12 years ago

10 Replies

Update on Starting a Support Group in St .Ives, and Your opinions Count ! PS. included pic of New Haircut LOL

Firstly I am still working on the Webpage extension of my Face Book page for RA, Fibro, and Other Auto Immune Disease Support Group x Actually I have...

Firstly I am still working on the Webpage extension of my Face Book page for RA,...

LuckysJoy

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Update on stopping medication!

Thank you to those that replied to my original question, I am now off all meds for a month having failed to tolerate mtx and sulphasalazine. Waiting to have a...

Thank you to those that replied to my original question, I am now off all meds f...

2plus2

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Rights and responsibilities

Managing chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis is all about teamwork. Patients, families, healthcare professionals and policy makers must all work...

Managing chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis is all about teamwork. ...

Andrew-NRAS

•12 years ago

24 Replies

My swollen collapsing knee ... is it OA or RA?

During my visit to the RA clinic this week I explained to the Nurse Practitioner that my knee has decided that it no longer wishes to support me, especially...

During my visit to the RA clinic this week I explained to the Nurse Practitioner...

Hidden

•12 years ago

19 Replies

Auf Wiedersehn NRAS!

Hello all, Sad news today, this is my last ever full week at NRAS and therefore my last ever blog! I’ve had a fantastic time at the charity with...

Hello all, Sad news today, this is my last ever full week at NRAS and...

Hidden

•12 years ago

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All posts for August 2012

Thank goodness finally got my date for first appointment

I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.....my fingers are swolen ...cant get my shoes & socks on & getting in and out of th

Burning sensation

Costochondritis - a right pain in the sternum

Twingy Head Pains

Does anyone remember the name of the tablet?

Something for the Insomniac or the early bird ...

Sulphazasine - I hate it! :(

Dla claim

ESA interview

Wet wedding afternoon...

Deliberating which sport to focus on..............LOL

World Arthritis Day

Prescription payments. When will the Government cut us some slack with an incurable disease?

Hi everyone , advice needed

Can anyone recommend a type of knee support for day-to-day wear when my RA is affecting my knee, making it swell and difficult to bend?

Dispensing rainbows

Feeling lucky.. autoimmunity ..do we trigger flares ourselves?

jaw breaking

NODDIES !!!

what is DMARD?

mtx and indigestion,why cant i start it

No side effects from metho...............only disappointed the system fails us.Time to make those accountable take responsibility.

Happy Feet ...

SPOTTY AND ITCHY

Update on Starting a Support Group in St .Ives, and Your opinions Count ! PS. included pic of New Haircut LOL

Update on stopping medication!

Rights and responsibilities

My swollen collapsing knee ... is it OA or RA?

Auf Wiedersehn NRAS!

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