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Ankles

Hi, My main symptoms started with the hands but this weekend it’s been my ankles, swelling on outside joint both feet, ankles feel very stiff. They hurt even...

Hi, My main symptoms started with the hands but this weekend it’s been my ankles...

Sunnyseas

•3 years ago

12 Replies

Could anyone help with my blood test results please??

Hi everyone, So I have been having difficulties since February with my health. I have had abdominal, lower pelvic pain. I had 3 ovarian daughter cysts...

Hi everyone, So I have been having difficulties since February with my health. ...

Misslittlelu

•3 years ago

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Steriod shots in the shoulders Question

Hi everyone, has anyone ever got the steriod shots to the shoulders to help ease the RA pain there. If so did you drive home from the clinic. My problem is I...

Hi everyone, has anyone ever got the steriod shots to the shoulders to help ease...

Frankiefocus

•3 years ago

9 Replies

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Why do we get a whammy of conditions all at once?

What a time I am having... after pushing a trolley around the supermarket ( my home delivery arrived with less than half my weekly order which meant absolutely...

What a time I am having... after pushing a trolley around the supermarket ( my h...

Deniseelk

•3 years ago

7 Replies

what to do when treatments don't work and I keep developing new autoimmune conditions

I am new here so I hope I am posting this correctly! I apologize in advance if I am in the wrong place. I am a 43 year old man who is raising 2 kids alone....

I am new here so I hope I am posting this correctly! I apologize in advance if ...

TiredNerd

•3 years ago

23 Replies

High Temperatures

Can anybody help me? I’ve had RA for 40+ years and managed to bring up 2 children, work and run a home despite being quite disabled. I had both knees and...

Can anybody help me? I’ve had RA for 40+ years and managed to bring up 2 childr...

Riaisbad

•3 years ago

15 Replies

Vaccine for immunosuppressed?

Will those who take biologic immunosuppressant medications be able to take the vaccine when it becomes available?

Will those who take biologic immunosuppressant medications be able to take the v...

john_p

•3 years ago

22 Replies

🤬

Oh I’m mad as hell . I just had a letter telling me that my delivery company for my meds have been trying to contact me but no answer on my phone I’m to ring...

Oh I’m mad as hell . I just had a letter telling me that my delivery company for...

Hidden

•3 years ago

23 Replies

So sleepy - since the Depo- steroid jab?

Not complaining. My wrist swelling is down and function is improved though not fully restored, I think there is damage, and morning stiffness and pain is gone...

Not complaining. My wrist swelling is down and function is improved though not ...

Brushwork

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Flu Jab UPDATE

Thanks for such a wonderful response to my post 2 days ago. I did pursue the matter, as lots of you suggested, and after lots of further explanations I have...

Thanks for such a wonderful response to my post 2 days ago. I did pursue the ma...

muffin

•3 years ago

7 Replies

My life saver

As the title says folks my wee life saver Rudi is 1 today,I don’t know how I’d get through this year without him at my side ❤️

As the title says folks my wee life saver Rudi is 1 today,I don’t know how I’d g...

rab1874

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Pred Tablets or Depo Injection?

I have had uncontrolled RA for nearly 3 years since switching to a biosimilar of enbrel. I've tried 2 rounds of rituximab and have really only been managing...

I have had uncontrolled RA for nearly 3 years since switching to a biosimilar of...

Maggsie

•3 years ago

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Truth using Acitretin for Psoarsis dr suddenstop of MTX after 4 yrs given me SCC + Govers disease still on 6 wk cold turkey swollen legs

Refusing to accept ACITRETIN scared 100% re side effects open to suggested aids Re personal experience

Refusing to accept ACITRETIN scared 100% re side effects open to suggested aids ...

LaEncina

•3 years ago

3 Replies

well here i go again with the PAIN sore stiff nowt but boy getting to me

well said most of it what do i do grin and bear it kick the cat hope for a miracle but i think those are in short supply at the moment so what am to do no...

well said most of it what do i do grin and bear it kick the cat hope for a mirac...

pauluk60

•3 years ago

12 Replies

ITCHES

I apologise if this has been discussed before but I just wondered if anyone else suffers from intense itching - mine starts mostly at night in my upper arms...

I apologise if this has been discussed before but I just wondered if anyone else...

RA2002

•3 years ago

26 Replies

19/11/2020 - Good fingers strengthening exerises

Though I am already in remission for many years, but I still find my fingers and hands are not as strong. With that in mind, I continue the exercises that my...

Though I am already in remission for many years, but I still find my fingers and...

Amy_Lee

•3 years ago

25 Replies

A different biologic...but which one?🤔

Morning Peeps Well...I'm on the road again, looking for new turn off. Just had a call from a clinical nurse, who has decided - along with my rheumatologist -...

Morning Peeps Well...I'm on the road again, looking for new turn off. Just had ...

Moomin8

•3 years ago

36 Replies

Oral thrush and RA meds

I take sulphasalazine and methotrexate for inflammatory arthritis. Condition is fairly well controlled but I have suffered with oral thrush and resulting very...

I take sulphasalazine and methotrexate for inflammatory arthritis. Condition is ...

Horse_and_hound

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Therapy putty

I really don’t know how to use this but was told it will be good for my hands. Sent through the post no instructions

I really don’t know how to use this but was told it will be good for my hands. S...

Mani2010

•3 years ago

20 Replies

Nordimet side effects

Hello everyone, I don’t post often but would really like to have some advice. I’ve been taking methotrexate tablets for about 5 years & always felt sick...

Hello everyone, I don’t post often but would really like to have some advice. I...

Mccarj2017

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Feeling stiff, is this RA?

Hi all - thank you to the kind people who have replied x I was diagnosed with early RA and possibly fibromyalgia a few months ago and was doing well (on HCQ)....

Hi all - thank you to the kind people who have replied x I was diagnosed with ea...

Sunnyseas

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Join the DBC’s call in demanding the Government to stop leaving disabled people behind

Today we and 100 organisations hand in our petition to Rishi Sunak. We’re asking him to do the right thing at next week’s Spending Review:...

Today we and 100 organisations hand in our petition to Rishi Sunak. We’re asking...

Anita-NRAS

Partner•3 years ago

5 Replies

Physio stalemate

I am fed up!!!! My physio can’t go any further even though I had worked very hard. He said I really have put the work in but until I start my new meds and get...

I am fed up!!!! My physio can’t go any further even though I had worked very har...

Hidden

•3 years ago

25 Replies

what is this?

It looks a lot brighter in real life and longer. The nurse who did my blood test said it was a splinter haemorrhage. I only noticed it because I was...

It looks a lot brighter in real life and longer. The nurse who did my blood te...

Brychni

•3 years ago

20 Replies

Flu Jab?

I made enquiries through Ask My GP about my flu jab as I had not heard. Was told, although I had been having the jab since 2006, since 2018/19 I was not...

I made enquiries through Ask My GP about my flu jab as I had not heard. Was to...

muffin

•3 years ago

26 Replies

Pins and needles - biologics related?

Been on biologics since Christmas (CIMZIA) to be exact. Recently I have been getting numbness and pins and needles in my hands, and a burning sensation. So...

Been on biologics since Christmas (CIMZIA) to be exact. Recently I have been get...

Whezziewhoozie

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Overuse of Steroid Medications Can Increase Risk of Certain Infections

Very good read!...

Amy_Lee

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Steroids for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis - A bridge therapy!

https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis/steroids-for-rheumatoid-arthritis#injectable-steroids

https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis/steroids-for-rheumatoid-a...

Amy_Lee

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Ibuprofen

Can I just ask your advice what to do I had steroid injection last Thursday and started back on mtx 20mg yesterday, I’m in so much pain , does anyone know if...

Can I just ask your advice what to do I had steroid injection last Thursday and...

essexgirl

•3 years ago

12 Replies

Steroid injection

Morning folk on this horrible day,I was at hospital yesterday at the joint clinic and got a steroid injection into my elbow so hopefully the pain eases a...

Morning folk on this horrible day,I was at hospital yesterday at the joint clini...

rab1874

•3 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for November 2020

Ankles

Could anyone help with my blood test results please??

Steriod shots in the shoulders Question

Why do we get a whammy of conditions all at once?

what to do when treatments don't work and I keep developing new autoimmune conditions

High Temperatures

Vaccine for immunosuppressed?

🤬

So sleepy - since the Depo- steroid jab?

Flu Jab UPDATE

My life saver

Pred Tablets or Depo Injection?

Truth using Acitretin for Psoarsis dr suddenstop of MTX after 4 yrs given me SCC + Govers disease still on 6 wk cold turkey swollen legs

well here i go again with the PAIN sore stiff nowt but boy getting to me

ITCHES

19/11/2020 - Good fingers strengthening exerises

A different biologic...but which one?🤔

Oral thrush and RA meds

Therapy putty

Nordimet side effects

Feeling stiff, is this RA?

Join the DBC’s call in demanding the Government to stop leaving disabled people behind

Physio stalemate

what is this?

Flu Jab?

Pins and needles - biologics related?

Overuse of Steroid Medications Can Increase Risk of Certain Infections

Steroids for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis - A bridge therapy!

Ibuprofen

Steroid injection

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