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NRAS Group meetings w/c 17th March 2014

Dear All Please find details below of a very busy week of NRAS Group meetings! NRAS Group Meetings—Week Commencing 17th March 2014 St. Helens NRAS Group...

Dear All Please find details below of a very busy week of NRAS Group meetings! ...

Kim-NRAS

NRAS•10 years ago

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PAIN RELIEF

I'm struggling at the moment with painful hands, wrist and feet/ankles. I'm starting to feel like I am taking a lot of painkillers. Does anybody have any...

I'm struggling at the moment with painful hands, wrist and feet/ankles. I'm star...

sarahjen

•10 years ago

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Glad I joined

Thanks to everyone who gives you feedback on here. It really helps to know your not alone going through this disease :-)

Thanks to everyone who gives you feedback on here. It really helps to know your ...

Crazyjo

•10 years ago

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Week six of Methotrexate 10mg and .............

pain in hands worse than ever.Feet burning. I am due to increase to 15 mg next week. Then six weeks after I go to 20mg. Feeling quite low at present and fed up...

pain in hands worse than ever.Feet burning. I am due to increase to 15 mg next w...

hev53

•10 years ago

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So........ what now?

Four and a half years ago, I started going to see my GP every few weeks with a pain here, a pain there, swelling here and discomfort there. I finally saw a...

Four and a half years ago, I started going to see my GP every few weeks with a p...

PJ68

•10 years ago

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glasgow research

http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2013/june/headline_281725_en.html i thought people might be interested in this these are the ones being interviewed on...

http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2013/june/headline_281725_en.html i thou...

cathie

•10 years ago

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Wonder if anyone has experience of prednisolone side effects?

does anyone have experience of side effects from prednisolone. Are the commonest ones upset stomach, headache, blurred vision, tiredness even when sleeping...

does anyone have experience of side effects from prednisolone. Are the commonest...

maywing

•10 years ago

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Anti inflammatories

Hi is there anyone who is unable to take anti inflammatories as due to stomach issues I can't take them, which is frustrating

Hi is there anyone who is unable to take anti inflammatories as due to stomach i...

Crazyjo

•10 years ago

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Does anyone have Rheumatoid lung disease and Nodules?

Hi, I was diagnosed with RA when I was 18. I am now 43 and on TCZ (Tozilamab) , steroids , anti inflams and other meds . I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid lung...

Hi, I was diagnosed with RA when I was 18. I am now 43 and on TCZ (Tozilamab) , ...

dmc12

•10 years ago

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Poor service from health care at home

Heath care at home have now not delivered my injections twice in two weeks. So I have had 2 wasted days waiting in. Last injection on Sunday so going to have...

Heath care at home have now not delivered my injections twice in two weeks. So I...

Louganis

•10 years ago

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MRI and steroids

Just to follow up from yesterday's postings. My GP finally managed to speak to rheumy yesterday. She says I must come off pred prior to scan ten days away now....

Just to follow up from yesterday's postings. My GP finally managed to speak to r...

cathie

•10 years ago

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Early morning pain

Now I'm off all RA meds and awaiting an MRI scan the old symptoms are returning. I'd forgotten about early morning swollen hands which start about 4 in the...

Now I'm off all RA meds and awaiting an MRI scan the old symptoms are returning....

cathie

•10 years ago

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Does methotrexate cause weight gain?

fluffy1609

•10 years ago

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Sleep

What I would give for a decent nights sleep. Take sleeping tablets occasionally but still no luck

What I would give for a decent nights sleep. Take sleeping tablets occasionally ...

Crazyjo

•10 years ago

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Surgery on feet

Hey all not been on in a while had a lot going on but I find out on the 26th if I'm having surgery on my feet to help with the excruciating pain I have in them...

Hey all not been on in a while had a lot going on but I find out on the 26th if ...

charhunt

•10 years ago

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Steroids yes or no

I phoned my RA Nurse specialist this morning for advice. I told her the problems I have been having. I told her I am seeing my doc tomorrow to get my latest...

I phoned my RA Nurse specialist this morning for advice. I told her the problems...

Sharon56

•10 years ago

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Feel Almost human today, weird

Went to a new Rheumy yesterday. She actually did a physical exam and put hands on swollen joints. All the other dr's I've been to (Rheumy's included) hardly...

Went to a new Rheumy yesterday. She actually did a physical exam and put hands ...

MarshaM

•10 years ago

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I have R.A &crohns , have had T.N.F &different medicines not working any more, were do I go from here feeling low about it:-(

kitty18

•10 years ago

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Still battling the side effects of methotrexate,

But determined to carry on, just upped from 7.5 to 10mg, still have diarrhoea, but not quite so bad as when first started. Hands and fingers very swollen and...

But determined to carry on, just upped from 7.5 to 10mg, still have diarrhoea, b...

Titchyj

•10 years ago

8 Replies

What happens now?

Hi, I have tried Methotrexate and Mycophenolate and now Leflunomide, iI have been told by the Doctors to stop the Leflunomide now as my latest blood test has...

Hi, I have tried Methotrexate and Mycophenolate and now Leflunomide, iI have bee...

Hankie

•10 years ago

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Has anyone changed from Humira to Simponi, when Humira stopped working? I realise everyone different, just curious as this is my next tx pla

Zigzager

•10 years ago

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lefulomide

Thankyou for all your replies about methotrexate and finding drugs that help. Feeling a bit down at the moment because I'm wondering what's going to happen...

Thankyou for all your replies about methotrexate and finding drugs that help. Fe...

maywing

•10 years ago

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Hi everyone. I have an appointment with my RA nurse tomorrow. I've lost about half stone since Nov. not trying to and only on medication a

Month. No side effects from them maybe a little nausea occasionally. Has anyone lost weight at beginning of disease? And does anyone get regular little...

Month. No side effects from them maybe a little nausea occasionally. Has anyone ...

Redrooster

•10 years ago

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Chest infection.

Hi All I have a really bad chest infection at the moment which started at the weekend. I feel really ill so didnt take my weekly dose of MTX on Monday. I left...

Hi All I have a really bad chest infection at the moment which started at the we...

trish1957

•10 years ago

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Well got an earlier appointment to see my consultant after Physio tonight 28th march and boy am I not gonna take no,I want a definite answer

Knee is he gonna do my knee replacement or fob me off again

Deejojo

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Collar bone pain - does anyone else get this?

Does anyone know what it is from? I have costochrondritis and RA in shoulders, so wondering it's linked?

Does anyone know what it is from? I have costochrondritis and RA in shoulders, s...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Hi there. I was doing really well on Hydroxy but was developing more symptoms of the disease. I started my first course of oral steroids

Just over a week ago. Started at 20 mg ,4 a day for first week and then decrease to 3 a day. However, developed severe stomach cramps yesterday with upset...

Just over a week ago. Started at 20 mg ,4 a day for first week and then decrease...

cougar67

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Hi am new

Is anyone on biological therapy?

Crazyjo

•10 years ago

28 Replies

And so one follows the other

Hi good people of this great site I am just seeking some advice on this rubbish disease .Well three weeks ago I was taking of methotrexate because of breathing...

Hi good people of this great site I am just seeking some advice on this rubbish ...

clearasred

•10 years ago

2 Replies

karmasutRA

Happy Monday people, some of you may remember a few weeks ago I wrote a post regarding the difficulties I was having trying to have and maintain a sex life an...

Happy Monday people, some of you may remember a few weeks ago I wrote a post reg...

Bazzypants

•10 years ago

10 Replies

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All posts for March 2014

NRAS Group meetings w/c 17th March 2014

PAIN RELIEF

Glad I joined

Week six of Methotrexate 10mg and .............

So........ what now?

glasgow research

Wonder if anyone has experience of prednisolone side effects?

Anti inflammatories

Does anyone have Rheumatoid lung disease and Nodules?

Poor service from health care at home

MRI and steroids

Early morning pain

Does methotrexate cause weight gain?

Sleep

Surgery on feet

Steroids yes or no

Feel Almost human today, weird

I have R.A &crohns , have had T.N.F &different medicines not working any more, were do I go from here feeling low about it:-(

Still battling the side effects of methotrexate,

What happens now?

Has anyone changed from Humira to Simponi, when Humira stopped working? I realise everyone different, just curious as this is my next tx pla

lefulomide

Hi everyone. I have an appointment with my RA nurse tomorrow. I've lost about half stone since Nov. not trying to and only on medication a

Chest infection.

Well got an earlier appointment to see my consultant after Physio tonight 28th march and boy am I not gonna take no,I want a definite answer

Collar bone pain - does anyone else get this?

Hi there. I was doing really well on Hydroxy but was developing more symptoms of the disease. I started my first course of oral steroids

Hi am new

And so one follows the other

karmasutRA

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