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Flare :(

I'm flaring for the first time in 8 months. 2 weeks ago I woke up with stiffness all over and feeling flu like, since then different joints have been swelling....

I'm flaring for the first time in 8 months. 2 weeks ago I woke up with stiffness...

Dreamer85

•6 years ago

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New biologic

Hi everyone .hope you are all keeping warm and resting. Does anyone know anything about a new drug Olumiant Baricitinib . Just had my benepali injections...

Hi everyone .hope you are all keeping warm and resting. Does anyone know anythin...

keeta

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Snow day!

Took me two hours to get to work yesterday, most of it spent getting out of my town, got to A12 and it was completely clear! Barely any snow at work either....

Took me two hours to get to work yesterday, most of it spent getting out of my t...

ruth_p

•6 years ago

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Four appointments in five days the other week.....

Sorry it has taken so long to write about these appointments,but life gets in the way sometimes. The first was for my knee that i had replaced twice. The apt...

Sorry it has taken so long to write about these appointments,but life gets in th...

sylvi

•6 years ago

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Xeljanz / Tofacitinib

Doctor just switched me to Xeljanz I’m supposed to start Saturday & I’m feeling anxious. I was on Leflunomide / Arava since October but I have been flaring to...

Doctor just switched me to Xeljanz I’m supposed to start Saturday & I’m feeling ...

SassyRA

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Melanoma

I take sulfasalazine and just had a melanoma removed .. does this medication cause it ?l

I take sulfasalazine and just had a melanoma removed .. does this medication ca...

Lynette65

•6 years ago

8 Replies

Question..

I have noticed lately that I always seem to have a blocked nose.. often have to clear my nose. Does anyone else get this or is it just me? Thanks xx

I have noticed lately that I always seem to have a blocked nose.. often have to ...

mickie73

•6 years ago

34 Replies

PIP

Just had letter asking to apply for pip. Has anyone sent letters from GP or other healthcare departments with the 40 page form. I spoke to NRAS helpline and...

Just had letter asking to apply for pip. Has anyone sent letters from GP or othe...

Backy

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Ultrasound on joints

I went for my appt today with the rheumatologist as been struggling a lot recently with pain. I’m on hydroxychloroquine & was hoping they’d add another Dmard...

I went for my appt today with the rheumatologist as been struggling a lot recent...

Hidden

•6 years ago

8 Replies

Biologicals

Just a quick update really I was diagnosed last February with rheumatoid arthritis started on Methotrexate and sulfasalazine daily, in the June July a summer...

Just a quick update really I was diagnosed last February with rheumatoid arthrit...

nattynooo

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Tendinitis & Rituxan

Hi Everybody! I have some concerns. I just finished my Rituxan infusions this month. I developed tendinitis in my foot between the first and second infusion...

Hi Everybody! I have some concerns. I just finished my Rituxan infusions this mo...

Maat2002

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Wrap up warm

This weather is not good for us suffers please wrap up warm stay well and stay safe guys xx

This weather is not good for us suffers please wrap up warm stay well and stay s...

loppyloo12

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Had flu helped your RA?

Flu has given me 2 remissions of approx 3 years for each. Has anybody else had this experience ? The 1st remission came 2 years after my first flare up. Within...

Flu has given me 2 remissions of approx 3 years for each. Has anybody else had t...

Kalimers65

•6 years ago

9 Replies

Mercury and RA

I have been doing some reading and found that dental amalgams emit mercury vapor and it gets absorbed into our systems. Also that viruses bind to mercury and...

I have been doing some reading and found that dental amalgams emit mercury vapor...

Hidden

•6 years ago

17 Replies

New Drug

I took lefunomide 10 mg for two weeks then had stomach problems and felt like I was burnt from my throat all the way down. I had bouts of nausea and headache...

I took lefunomide 10 mg for two weeks then had stomach problems and felt like I ...

Habbeshaw

•6 years ago

18 Replies

Sulfasalazine

I was just diagnosed with ulcerstive colitis in January. I was put on sulfasalazine 500mg twice a day. I'm a little over a month in but ive been expierencing...

I was just diagnosed with ulcerstive colitis in January. I was put on sulfasalaz...

hartmez

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Shoulder surgery

How long is recovery for shoulder surgery from repair of two large tears?

ddunn1225

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Brown Envelope Has Arrived!

Yep. Had the WCA decision today, & awarded '0' points' .... What the heck do you have to do, to convince the DWP that you have a condition that you can't...

Yep. Had the WCA decision today, & awarded '0' points' .... What the heck do you...

Hidden

•6 years ago

19 Replies

More PIP

Yep that BROWN thing has just arrived PIP ( People in Pearle ). With my health getting worse I spoke to DWP ( Depending Which Person ) you speak too, and they...

Yep that BROWN thing has just arrived PIP ( People in Pearle ). With my health g...

manwithnoname

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Sleep

I don't understand it but I am sleeping so much at the moment. I am getting up at about 10.00 in the morning and going back to bed by 6.00 - 6.30 in the...

I don't understand it but I am sleeping so much at the moment. I am getting up a...

manwithnoname

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Help,psoriatic arthritis sufferers

Morning all...looking for a solution.... Has anyone with psoriatic arthritis changed from an anti TNF to an il17 or il 24?..... Pain seems to be coming back...

Morning all...looking for a solution.... Has anyone with psoriatic arthritis cha...

Yogi-bear123

•6 years ago

20 Replies

Feet and sad

Hi everyone Having a bleak time and can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Started MTX for RA about 10 months ago. In December I began to feel a bit...

Hi everyone Having a bleak time and can’t see the light at the end of the tunne...

BlightyFiveStar

•6 years ago

22 Replies

Self awareness

I just realized that trying to be more self aware is the answer to all of my problems. Would anyone like to be my accountability partner?

I just realized that trying to be more self aware is the answer to all of my pro...

Jlefkovenj

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Holiday

Why do I feel guilty when I go away?? People tend to look at me as though being disabled you shouldn't have holidays. My family say it's me being paranoid....

Why do I feel guilty when I go away?? People tend to look at me as though being ...

fizbom

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Pip MR

Hi all So I previously wrote here about my assessment for pip, I was turned down even though I had 8 points in everyday care sector so I asked for MR I...

Hi all So I previously wrote here about my assessment for pip, I was turned down...

Elainr

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Advice

Hi, I was diagnosed with ra over 2 years ago, the symptoms had been there for years, but didnt show up in my blood. After attending the hospital they advised...

Hi, I was diagnosed with ra over 2 years ago, the symptoms had been there for ye...

Hidden

•6 years ago

15 Replies

Iritis uveitis

We need to found a cure for those disorders who many suffer

Skyline1978Teddy1957

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Decreasing MTX sickness

Hi All, How can I decrease the MTX sickness? Thanks

Ahmed_Alhaideri

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Swollen glands

Hi Have been on roactemra for 18 months no side effects besides can't lose weight. I have swollen neck glands with 4 months and now swollen gland by collar...

Hi Have been on roactemra for 18 months no side effects besides can't lose weigh...

Trace1974

•6 years ago

2 Replies

I'm new on here......

My question is how long before I should feel some improvement having started the biologic, Cimzia twelve weeks ago? My feet and hands are still very painful...

My question is how long before I should feel some improvement having started the...

SwimmerBTC

•6 years ago

5 Replies

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All posts for February 2018

Flare :(

New biologic

Snow day!

Four appointments in five days the other week.....

Xeljanz / Tofacitinib

Melanoma

Question..

PIP

Ultrasound on joints

Biologicals

Tendinitis & Rituxan

Wrap up warm

Had flu helped your RA?

Mercury and RA

New Drug

Sulfasalazine

Shoulder surgery

Brown Envelope Has Arrived!

More PIP

Sleep

Help,psoriatic arthritis sufferers

Feet and sad

Self awareness

Holiday

Pip MR

Advice

Iritis uveitis

Decreasing MTX sickness

Swollen glands

I'm new on here......

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