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Chicken pox

looking for advice, I work in childcare and have found out last night one of the children who I am in close contact with has chicken pox. Can anyone give...

looking for advice, I work in childcare and have found out last night one of the...

WiltonT

•8 years ago

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Cloudy with a chance of pain

A friend shared this app with me... https://www.cloudywithachanceofpain.com I've had a look and it seems really interesting, and I thought people here might be...

A friend shared this app with me... https://www.cloudywithachanceofpain.com I've...

flow4

•8 years ago

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Happy Easter..................

Happy Easter everyone and i hope it is a painfree one as well.xxxxxx

sylvi

•8 years ago

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Odd keyboard behaviour

Has anyone else experienced certain keys not working on long HU posts? I'm trying to work out whether this is my keyboard or HU. Suddenly the 'i' stops working...

Has anyone else experienced certain keys not working on long HU posts? I'm tryin...

cathie

•8 years ago

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Roll on the summer........

Good morning everyone,well yesterday i had a lovely day. I did a small bit of gardening while hubby was down the allotment planting his first batch of...

Good morning everyone,well yesterday i had a lovely day. I did a small bit of ga...

sylvi

•8 years ago

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Honeymoon ☺

Hi, I'm getting married Friday 24th June ☺ I take mtx Wednesday morning followed by folic acid 3 days later. I'm still off work as my fatigue, soreness and...

Hi, I'm getting married Friday 24th June ☺ I take mtx Wednesday morning followed...

Moomin8

•8 years ago

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Diet and RA

Am I the only one who is finding all these posts about "curing" and "reversing" RA or even improving it are bit strange. I'm Celiac and its so not a life...

Am I the only one who is finding all these posts about "curing" and "reversing"...

medway-lady

•8 years ago

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Knee preop

I just thought I'd better log in to tell people about today's hospital visit. Briefly, it went well, I'm down for my second new knee on 8th April. they're...

I just thought I'd better log in to tell people about today's hospital visit. Br...

cathie

•8 years ago

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Prednisalone opinions please

Have RA and PMR have to up pred from 5 to 15 mg, thoughts please, take all morning, all evening, divide the dose or something else. Thank you in advance. ,

Have RA and PMR have to up pred from 5 to 15 mg, thoughts please, take all morni...

siskin

•8 years ago

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Update on reduced hours.

Hello. I wanted to thank you all for your support. I spoke with consultant, GP, and company doctor. They all agree a four day week is required and Wednesdays...

Hello. I wanted to thank you all for your support. I spoke with consultant, GP, ...

Stynk

•8 years ago

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NRAS Group Meetings Next Week

Dear All Please find details of the NRAS Group meetings taking place next week: NRAS Group Meeting—Week Commencing 28th March 2016 Isle of Wight NRAS Group...

Dear All Please find details of the NRAS Group meetings taking place next week:...

Kim-NRAS

NRAS•8 years ago

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NRAS Helpline Easter operating times

The helpline will be closed over the Easter bank holiday from Friday 25th March to Monday 28th March inclusive. We will re-open on Tuesday 29th March at......

The helpline will be closed over the Easter bank holiday from Friday 25th March ...

Beverley-NRAS

•8 years ago

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Disability and Transport

Good afternoon, Baroness Sal Brinton, a Lib Dem peer living with RA and a long-term supporter of NRAS was on the Today programme this morning discussing the...

Good afternoon, Baroness Sal Brinton, a Lib Dem peer living with RA and a long-t...

Conn_NRAS

•8 years ago

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Any suggestions.

Yesterday I had a hospital appointment the area where I had to attend was right next to the main reception on the ground floor. My husband came with me and we...

Yesterday I had a hospital appointment the area where I had to attend was right ...

smithfield

•8 years ago

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What childhood traditions can you remember around Easter.............

Mine are my dad going up to the cake shop on Good Friday and getting the hot cross buns and we had smaked haddock for dinner as well. The easter egg hunt...

Mine are my dad going up to the cake shop on Good Friday and getting the hot cro...

sylvi

•8 years ago

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Will plant base diet heal autoimmune diseases? Leaky gut is just a theroy, it is not proven.

Jan 1990 I was a healthy 23 year old...I woke up one morning blind. My hubby drove me to the ER..Oh no my legs don't work...I have numbness down the left side...

Jan 1990 I was a healthy 23 year old...I woke up one morning blind. My hubby dro...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Re Jointstat is the name of the new test for RA developed by Augurex based on new protein 14-3-3n.

It is 90% accurate at identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis. The text is available in Canada via Life labs and in the US and Europe. If you Google Augurex the...

It is 90% accurate at identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis. The text is available in...

Damaged

•8 years ago

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Motability... More like a business than a charity?

I stumbled upon the Motability annual report for 2015. It makes, um, interesting reading; in fact, I have found it rather shocking......

I stumbled upon the Motability annual report for 2015. It makes, um, interestin...

flow4

•8 years ago

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Fading Eyebrows !!

I've been thinking about eyebrow tattoo's subtle not beetle brows! but been advised that tattoos and RA are not compatible because of the auto immune side of...

I've been thinking about eyebrow tattoo's subtle not beetle brows! but been advi...

medway-lady

•8 years ago

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fall at work

I had a fall at work on Tuesday, I was getting desserts out of the freezer and my foot got stuck and I felt myself falling, I tried to stop myself and grab...

I had a fall at work on Tuesday, I was getting desserts out of the freezer and ...

Carolsos

•8 years ago

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Feeling better

Hi I have not posted for a while now, I had been feeling down just before Christmas and went to the doctors as I felt my life was hopeless and nothing to look...

Hi I have not posted for a while now, I had been feeling down just before Christ...

Carolsos

•8 years ago

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Shingles vacine

Last year I turned 70 and was offered the shingles vaccine. But when I went to get it..I was told I could not have it because I was on MTX....but on a recent...

Last year I turned 70 and was offered the shingles vaccine. But when I went to g...

Issis

•8 years ago

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New screening test for RD

A friend of mine has five life science labs across Canada. I met him in 2014 on a plane to Toronto. We have stayed in touch as my daughter is headed to med...

A friend of mine has five life science labs across Canada. I met him in 2014 on ...

Damaged

•8 years ago

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Me and my illness

I'm thinking about how to respond to the question 'how are you'? when I go to the preop on Friday. Its made me think that there is a distinction in my mind...

I'm thinking about how to respond to the question 'how are you'? when I go to t...

cathie

•8 years ago

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introduction

Hi, I developed psoriatic arthropathy when about 25 - I am now in my 60's. Apart from the initial 6 months I have controlled the disease with a small amount...

Hi, I developed psoriatic arthropathy when about 25 - I am now in my 60's. Apar...

andyswarbs

•8 years ago

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Thyroiditis

Good morning everyone. I thought I would ask if anyone has had Thyroiditis linked to their RA. I've had an excruciatingly painful throat for over a week and at...

Good morning everyone. I thought I would ask if anyone has had Thyroiditis linke...

P-jay

•8 years ago

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Down in the dumps......

Anybody feel so alone with these diseases of ours that even in a room full of people you can be so alone and family as well................

Anybody feel so alone with these diseases of ours that even in a room full of pe...

sylvi

•8 years ago

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Weaning off METHETREXATE

I have been on 17.5 gm Mehthetrexate for just over 3 years. A couple of months ago, due to remission, I was told I could wean myself off METHETREXATE. I...

I have been on 17.5 gm Mehthetrexate for just over 3 years. A couple of months a...

Nashraf

•8 years ago

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The answer i received from sign the petition against pip cuts....................

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Reverse the ESA disability benefit cut”. Government responded: We are committed to providing...

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Reverse the ESA disab...

sylvi

•8 years ago

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Theresa May

It's with utter disgust that I realized Theresa May is the Patron for the NRAS. This women who supposedly represents us voted with the government for every...

It's with utter disgust that I realized Theresa May is the Patron for the NRAS. ...

shazbat

•8 years ago

79 Replies

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All posts for March 2016

Chicken pox

Cloudy with a chance of pain

Happy Easter..................

Odd keyboard behaviour

Roll on the summer........

Honeymoon ☺

Diet and RA

Knee preop

Prednisalone opinions please

Update on reduced hours.

NRAS Group Meetings Next Week

NRAS Helpline Easter operating times

Disability and Transport

Any suggestions.

What childhood traditions can you remember around Easter.............

Will plant base diet heal autoimmune diseases? Leaky gut is just a theroy, it is not proven.

Re Jointstat is the name of the new test for RA developed by Augurex based on new protein 14-3-3n.

Motability... More like a business than a charity?

Fading Eyebrows !!

fall at work

Feeling better

Shingles vacine

New screening test for RD

Me and my illness

introduction

Thyroiditis

Down in the dumps......

Weaning off METHETREXATE

The answer i received from sign the petition against pip cuts....................

Theresa May

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