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Still improving - rituxamab

I surprised myself yesterday in that first time for a year I did some gardening. I can't tell you how great that was. Earlier in the day I went shopping to...

I surprised myself yesterday in that first time for a year I did some gardening...

Jackie1947

•8 years ago

29 Replies

Weepy

Having a weepy down day today What with Biologics funding still not applied for then had steroid injection Monday was looking forward to two weeks relief of...

Having a weepy down day today What with Biologics funding still not applied for ...

smithfield

•8 years ago

133 Replies

Belladona Plasters?

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has ever used Belladona plasters? My dad bought me these and I tried them last Wednesday when I was working...after my shift...

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has ever used Belladona plasters? My dad bought...

Kmathe26

•8 years ago

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Cimzia

Hi all, well tomorrow is the day I start Cimzia. I'm a little apprehensive at the thought but hopeful it can rid me of the aches a pains that...

Hi all, well tomorrow is the day I start Cimzia. I'm a little apprehensive at th...

P0mp3yBlu3

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Leg pain and taking Tramadol

Has anyone else had these symptoms? Pain in my right leg, it started in my ankle and runs up to my hip/lower back. I recently had a bad flare and my feet were...

Has anyone else had these symptoms? Pain in my right leg, it started in my ankle...

bernese1225

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Got my rituximab date! Help!

Just got my date for this and rang the ward to ask if I needed to have someone come with me or if I needed escorting home afterwards. Got a very surly nurse....

Just got my date for this and rang the ward to ask if I needed to have someone c...

Cathy777

•8 years ago

29 Replies

A land down under

Hello everyone, I'm just trying to persuade my lovely niece in Perth WA,to join the site, she has RA, and also spondylitis, she is very down at the moment,and...

Hello everyone, I'm just trying to persuade my lovely niece in Perth WA,to join ...

Rosebaywillowherb

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Re new to all this

I posted this 4 days ago as a reply in the original thread ! Thank you everyone for your replies and support, I have found lots of information looking through...

I posted this 4 days ago as a reply in the original thread ! Thank you everyone...

zodiac01

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Light pins and needles in hands

The disease that keeps on giving... Hello everyone! I felt like I had my RA under an acceptable amount of control with meds, eating as healthy as possible...

The disease that keeps on giving... Hello everyone! I felt like I had my RA u...

Lucy11

•8 years ago

28 Replies

hand

Anybody got any good ideas as to what I can wear over my op site on hand as got bandage on for 2 weeks😿

Anybody got any good ideas as to what I can wear over my op site on hand as got ...

Deejojo

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Hand

This was yesterday the worst pain was the cuff on my arm and the injection but only for a few seconds lovely consultant its paining me a bit today though

This was yesterday the worst pain was the cuff on my arm and the injection but o...

Deejojo

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Feeling good

The last two plus weeks have not been good. It started when I have a lovely mushroom omelette which caused a bad flare that took four days ish to recover...

The last two plus weeks have not been good. It started when I have a lovely mus...

andyswarbs

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Going back to the doctors this morning......

Didn't have a particuarly good day yesterday. Did some gardening not a lot by my standards. This morning i got up and i still feel off and not well. My back is...

Didn't have a particuarly good day yesterday. Did some gardening not a lot by my...

sylvi

•8 years ago

25 Replies

Hi everyone, new here.

Hi everyone, First visit to the rheumy three weeks ago after my fingers and toes started being swollen and painful. Prior to this had had various odd...

Hi everyone, First visit to the rheumy three weeks ago after my fingers and toe...

MrsBones123

•8 years ago

19 Replies

Methotroxate

Have been told I have to go back under supervision for blood tests at the hospital instead of local surgery due to high readings on liver. Have been told if I...

Have been told I have to go back under supervision for blood tests at the hospit...

Ellieellie

•8 years ago

2 Replies

So happy!!! Got my disability paperwork!!!

Thankyou all for all the good advice. I got a call from my doctor's office to pick up my paperwork. I wish I could jump up and down, but sore knees. lol

Thankyou all for all the good advice. I got a call from my doctor's office to p...

Hidden

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Enbrel and exhaustion

Has anyone else had debilitating fatigue with Enbrel? I'm also kind of breathy, which might be sexy if it sounded less like I'm about to fall over. Any...

Has anyone else had debilitating fatigue with Enbrel? I'm also kind of breathy, ...

Azabat

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Hand

Well will be setting off soon I'm totally bricking it 🙀

Deejojo

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Duped at PIP Consultation.

I went for my PiP consultation and I told the interviewer how my condition affected me on a daily basis. She was a very slow at typing and had to keep stopping...

I went for my PiP consultation and I told the interviewer how my condition affec...

mole147

•8 years ago

18 Replies

RA treatment and the postcode lottery.

Some conditions such as Cancer have national waiting times and minimum expectations for treatment, and rightly so. Others like mental health and RA seem to be...

Some conditions such as Cancer have national waiting times and minimum expectati...

pinksugarmouse

•8 years ago

8 Replies

heaith check

did you get my e mail from martin

martintimms

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Sometimes I wish they would change the title!

Do you ever wish it was called RD( rheumatoid disease) instead of RA.? It's at that moment when people ask what's wrong with you and you say R Arthritis. They...

Do you ever wish it was called RD( rheumatoid disease) instead of RA.? It's at t...

Jackie1947

•8 years ago

30 Replies

Methatrexate

Please can you tell me the difference in taking tablet or injection form methotrexate I'm taking 17.5 mg Thanks

Please can you tell me the difference in taking tablet or injection form methotr...

Jukie21

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Day off can it have such a huge impact??

Hi, I had a nasty 24hr norovirus attack from first thing Friday morning and so was unable to take my normal daily sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine. I am...

Hi, I had a nasty 24hr norovirus attack from first thing Friday morning and so w...

phil76

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Hello I'm a new member of Health Unlocked.

Hi I'm new to this Health Unlocked setting. I suffer with arthritis and also have a disc prolapse. I have a Tarlov Cyst at the lower end of my spine. I take...

Hi I'm new to this Health Unlocked setting. I suffer with arthritis and also hav...

Moojie

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Retuximab

Starting to feel the benefit of this medication. I had my first and second dose last March. Joint pain has decreased quite dramatically so I can move around...

Starting to feel the benefit of this medication. I had my first and second dose ...

Jackie1947

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Personal Independence Payments: the 20 metre rule

In an article about mis- information affecting votes in parliament http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/23038 (worth reading in itself ) Baroness Grey-Thompson...

In an article about mis- information affecting votes in parliament http://www.e...

Hopeful1

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Appointment with consultant (finally!!)

Well I've finally got an appointment to see the RA consultant this Wednesday ... only seven months after I should have had one. Is the NHS in rest of the...

Well I've finally got an appointment to see the RA consultant this Wednesday ......

Glyn612

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Appointment.

Well I see my Rhuemy Nurse on Monday, it will be interesting to see if she has found my file, and the biologics funding has eventually been applied for...

Well I see my Rhuemy Nurse on Monday, it will be interesting to see if she has ...

smithfield

•8 years ago

11 Replies

I still don't know what to make of RA diagnosis

I just got diagnosed last week and I am in shock. I have only told one friend of mine and even she did not seem to understand. I am scared, I still have a few...

I just got diagnosed last week and I am in shock. I have only told one friend of...

Feli

•8 years ago

11 Replies

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All posts for May 2016

Still improving - rituxamab

Weepy

Belladona Plasters?

Cimzia

Leg pain and taking Tramadol

Got my rituximab date! Help!

A land down under

Re new to all this

Light pins and needles in hands

hand

Hand

Feeling good

Going back to the doctors this morning......

Hi everyone, new here.

Methotroxate

So happy!!! Got my disability paperwork!!!

Enbrel and exhaustion

Hand

Duped at PIP Consultation.

RA treatment and the postcode lottery.

heaith check

Sometimes I wish they would change the title!

Methatrexate

Day off can it have such a huge impact??

Hello I'm a new member of Health Unlocked.

Retuximab

Personal Independence Payments: the 20 metre rule

Appointment with consultant (finally!!)

Appointment.

I still don't know what to make of RA diagnosis

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