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1 year on...

So this time last year I was being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis....looking back I thought things were really bad and that I was really struggling....if...

So this time last year I was being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis....lookin...

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•11 years ago

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New Year resolutions

day 2 into my 3 weeks xmas holidays . no work till the new year . still up at 7 o clock . the body clock must be still in work mode . its so flippin nice i...

day 2 into my 3 weeks xmas holidays . no work till the new year . still up at 7...

creekybones

•11 years ago

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DOREEN Doreen

Hi now what or who is this you ask so I am about to tell you.. It is a band/ tribute act. ( pic is a diff band ballroom glitz which I saw pre illness)...

Hi now what or who is this you ask so I am about to tell you.. It is a band/ tri...

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•11 years ago

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ho ho boo hoo

Hate to put all this to you as I may spoil everyones xmas cheer. I am sick fed up, and got the blues. I had my discs removed, spinal fusion and spinal cage...

Hate to put all this to you as I may spoil everyones xmas cheer. I am sick fe...

allanah

•11 years ago

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Is equal really the best

I was glued to the tv like most of us when the olympics was on, and even more so when the para was on. How we saw those with disabilities bet the odds. How we...

I was glued to the tv like most of us when the olympics was on, and even more so...

Beeper

•11 years ago

1 Reply

are we all different ?

after just adding a post to my last question on mtx n folic acid . the post as set me off on one .. so i find myself back here . how many others here these...

after just adding a post to my last question on mtx n folic acid . the post as ...

creekybones

•11 years ago

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ann57

I feel so down and everything is difficult my mum died 5 months ago and ever since I have found it difficult to carry on, my husband is fantastic and has...

I feel so down and everything is difficult my mum died 5 months ago and ever sin...

ann57

•11 years ago

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Does anyone have pain in their chest that feels like a flare but also moves around the ribcage for a few days then goes.?

Currently only taking Humira and pain killers.

dannyt

•11 years ago

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my scooter

I've started using my own scooter while out. I've decided that it's a positive step as - I can be out for a bit longer; I can get further; the pain is...

I've started using my own scooter while out. I've decided that it's a positive s...

hamble99b

•11 years ago

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passing strangers

Feeling a bit low,I dialled my brother's number and a jolly person wished me season's greetings. not recognising the voice I said "Sorry,I think I've dialled...

Feeling a bit low,I dialled my brother's number and a jolly person wished me sea...

hamble99b

•11 years ago

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Suspect I'll regret it in the morning

Hi All, had one of those rare days when I woke up to nothing really hurting very much. Not pain free exactly but my toes and ankles suddenly had contours for...

Hi All, had one of those rare days when I woke up to nothing really hurting very...

mistymeana

•11 years ago

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Heart problems and medication!!!

About 8 weeks ago I had a heart monitor on for 48 hours.(I was having palpitations) I now have to go 4th January for echocardiogram. There have been no heart...

About 8 weeks ago I had a heart monitor on for 48 hours.(I was having palpitatio...

optomistic

•11 years ago

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Does methrotrexate work for everyone?

Hi all, i'm very new to this site, just wondered if anyone else has had no improvement to RA whilst taking methrotrexate. I started methrotrexate in July...

Hi all, i'm very new to this site, just wondered if anyone else has had no imp...

carolineo

•11 years ago

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Confused

Hi folks not been on here for sometime. I am feeling totally confused with drugs colds aches and pains, I have recently came of MTX the reason being so i...

Hi folks not been on here for sometime. I am feeling totally confused with drugs...

Ladybird47

•11 years ago

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mtx n folic acid

why ! is it that , some , i told to take folic acid , 6 times daily , others just once , and some 3 or 2 . what difference does it make ? can taking to much...

why ! is it that , some , i told to take folic acid , 6 times daily , others ju...

creekybones

•11 years ago

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Is this some sort of flare up?

I just don't know. I slept all morning and then tried to do some work this afternoon but couldn't keep my eyes open so gave up and tried to do exercises on...

I just don't know. I slept all morning and then tried to do some work this after...

Hidden

•11 years ago

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Could this point to fibro?

Had steroid injection wednesday as rheumy and i decided leflunomide not working so came off those. Rheumy thought i could also have fibro (sorry cant...

Had steroid injection wednesday as rheumy and i decided leflunomide not working ...

Josie2

•11 years ago

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I wish the NHS prescribed this

I have just been pain free for three weeks - unfortunately I have now got a chest infection and a sore toe !!! The cause of being painfree - a cruise...

I have just been pain free for three weeks - unfortunately I have now got a ches...

fossil321

•11 years ago

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just wont to run away ,

hi not been on her in lately , as i feel so alone , been so poorly gain as was put on leflunomide , after bad side affect , so fed up of the tablet and...

hi not been on her in lately , as i feel so alone , been so poorly gain as was...

missmopp

•11 years ago

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RHEUMY APPOINTMENT AT LAST

Hi to everyone and a merry Christmas. I have my Rheumy appontment at last, it is on Monday. Do you have any tips as to what to expect and what sort of...

Hi to everyone and a merry Christmas. I have my Rheumy appontment at last, it...

Titchyj

•11 years ago

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Halving the hydroxy has helped the nausea!

Cut my hydroxy by half a week ago and it has definitely helped the dreadful nausea I was experiencing. It hasn't gone completely, but I can live with it....

Cut my hydroxy by half a week ago and it has definitely helped the dreadful naus...

marmaduke

•11 years ago

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my follow-on from "The big question for those who's pain has ever vanished for a long while...?"

I was going to add to the blog but there were so many replies! I did once have a quiet period where I was on only paracetomol for any pains. It lasted about...

I was going to add to the blog but there were so many replies! I did once hav...

hamble99b

•11 years ago

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Disability Living Allowance change timetable extended

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business... Disability Living Allowance change timetable extended

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business... Disability Living Allowance change timetable ...

hamble99b

•11 years ago

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Happy old year

Hi ayears few weeks ago things looked bad. As you know from my past blogs, I was made redundant in jan. I am 61 and had RA since 97. I was put on ESA work...

Hi ayears few weeks ago things looked bad. As you know from my past blogs, I was...

Beeper

•11 years ago

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RA, Fibromyalgia or...?

Hello all you fine folks :) I'm just starting off on this wonderful rollercoaster that is diagnostic medicine. At this point, my Rheumatologist suspects...

Hello all you fine folks :) I'm just starting off on this wonderful rollerc...

RobV

•11 years ago

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Disability Minister Oral Statement on the PIP

Just hours old .. and in effect fresh off the press : http://www.dwp.gov.uk/newsroom/ministers-speeches/2012/13-12-12.shtml Esther McVey on the Personal...

Just hours old .. and in effect fresh off the press : http://www.dwp.gov.uk/n...

RichC

•11 years ago

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how many on here on these things vistatins been doing some reserch a little knowledge is ?

http://www.statinanswers.com/effects.htm how many people on here on slimvistatins like me at 40mg stop taking the things now cos i thought this had somthing...

http://www.statinanswers.com/effects.htm how many people on here on slimvistati...

minka

•11 years ago

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gout

just got blood test results, they said its gout,which is aform of arthritus,which can be caused by eating too much oily fish,which i dont i dont drink hich is...

just got blood test results, they said its gout,which is aform of arthritus,whic...

sallyk

•11 years ago

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Another question about managing exhaustion and pacing yourself!

Hi everyone, I have had RA for 11 years and been on humira/mtx combination for the last 5 years. RA now well managed generally but I do have some damaged/fused...

Hi everyone, I have had RA for 11 years and been on humira/mtx combination for t...

Pands

•11 years ago

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Decision Decision Decision

after a long journey its looking like ive finally being acepted for the anti tnf treatment .. after various assessments ,, 3 rheumy nusre assessments , 2...

after a long journey its looking like ive finally being acepted for the anti tnf...

_andy_

•11 years ago

14 Replies

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All posts for December 2012

1 year on...

New Year resolutions

DOREEN Doreen

ho ho boo hoo

Is equal really the best

are we all different ?

ann57

Does anyone have pain in their chest that feels like a flare but also moves around the ribcage for a few days then goes.?

my scooter

passing strangers

Suspect I'll regret it in the morning

Heart problems and medication!!!

Does methrotrexate work for everyone?

Confused

mtx n folic acid

Is this some sort of flare up?

Could this point to fibro?

I wish the NHS prescribed this

just wont to run away ,

RHEUMY APPOINTMENT AT LAST

Halving the hydroxy has helped the nausea!

my follow-on from "The big question for those who's pain has ever vanished for a long while...?"

Disability Living Allowance change timetable extended

Happy old year

RA, Fibromyalgia or...?

Disability Minister Oral Statement on the PIP

how many on here on these things vistatins been doing some reserch a little knowledge is ?

gout

Another question about managing exhaustion and pacing yourself!

Decision Decision Decision

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