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PIP

Hi everyone- Has anyone ever been awarded PIP without an assessment? Many thanks

Hi everyone- Has anyone ever been awarded PIP without an assessment? Many thank...

TheBoys

•2 years ago

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Off topic: Happy Halloween!

In honour of our friend DSpooky who kept us entertained during lockdown and to celebrate the feast of All Hallows , please guess artist, date and year !

In honour of our friend DSpooky who kept us entertained during lockdown and to c...

Green230461

•2 years ago

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Off topic… my escape. What is yours?

My drawings, and sometimes paintings, keep my head right and allow me space. This one is a work in progress….

My drawings, and sometimes paintings, keep my head right and allow me space. Thi...

Brushwork

•2 years ago

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Off topic: it’s not the cough- part two!

Thank you dear people for your concern about my health and use of horrid antibiotics. First set of antibiotics were blue plastic looking Docycycline. Part...

Thank you dear people for your concern about my health and use of horrid antibio...

Green230461

•2 years ago

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Prednisolone advice please

I’ve throughout the years and not every winter had a serious chest infection which comes with periodic asthma. As a child had bronchitis many times. Currently...

I’ve throughout the years and not every winter had a serious chest infection whi...

saffron07

•2 years ago

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HU

Health U. Work's U?

Whitegate

•2 years ago

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Inititial capital letters

For the ease of reading please avoid using initial capital letters.

Whitegate

•2 years ago

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I'm new here and feeling so lost and confused...

Hi everyone, I've just been to my first consultant appointment for my RA, and I feel confused, lost, and fear I'm going to be left to deal with my stiffness,...

Hi everyone, I've just been to my first consultant appointment for my RA, and I ...

BeMindful

•2 years ago

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Off topic: it’s not the cough that carries you off…..

It’s the coffin they carry you off in! A song my dear old Mum sang when I was little and unwell. My cough has lasted four weeks and counting. After various...

It’s the coffin they carry you off in! A song my dear old Mum sang when I was li...

Green230461

•2 years ago

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Rheumatology Department Christmas 21 Charitable Support Appeal

Help support the Rheumatology Department Christmas 21 Charitable Support Appeal. In 2019, the Rheumatology Department Christmas Charitable Support Appeal sent...

Help support the Rheumatology Department Christmas 21 Charitable Support Appeal....

Aribah-NRAS

Partner•2 years ago

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Third covid dose!

Hi everyone, I’m due to get my third covid dose in a couple of weeks time. Could anyone pls advise if you are supposed to stop your biologic injections for a...

Hi everyone, I’m due to get my third covid dose in a couple of weeks time. Could...

Florida100

•2 years ago

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Thank you for your help re acid irritation and Gastritis.

I am going to change my tea and coffee to decaf and have changed my diet so I don’t cause anymore irritation. I guess since I have been on medication for RA...

I am going to change my tea and coffee to decaf and have changed my diet so I do...

Typsey

•2 years ago

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AnyOne Who Put Booster Vaccine( 3'rd Dose) for Covid - 19.

Please share your experience, after putting the booster vaccine for Covid - 19.

jeffersonsam99

•2 years ago

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Gastritis

Hi all you lovely people. Has anyone had or are suffering from Gastritis and what have you done to help ease the symptoms. My doctor who I spoke to on the...

Hi all you lovely people. Has anyone had or are suffering from Gastritis and wha...

Typsey

•2 years ago

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Pleurisy & covid jab

Hi everyone, well after having to abort my flu jab & put on antibiotics for a week for a chest infection, last Saturday developed a sharp pain in my back...

Hi everyone, well after having to abort my flu jab & put on antibiotics for a w...

Garnacha

•2 years ago

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Vaccines and the Immunosuppressed

Some of you are probably already aware of the Zoe Covid study and will know of this webinar in little under two hours' time. For those of you who are not,...

Some of you are probably already aware of the Zoe Covid study and will know of t...

eve5

•2 years ago

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Mtx

Hi hope everyone is keeping as well as they can Does anyone find that the day or even 2 after taking their dose of MTX that they have more then usual visits to...

Hi hope everyone is keeping as well as they can Does anyone find that the day or...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Off topic

My new fresh puppy milo little sweet heart my hearts is full again . So glad I have him . Hope everyone is ok & taking care of themselves . 😍

My new fresh puppy milo little sweet heart my hearts is full again . So glad I ...

Vonnie10

•2 years ago

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Brusies

I am covered in brusies, not knowing how I get them! Massive bug brusies, I am on lefluomid, hdyro Humeria, but not on steroids. Does anyone else get brusies...

I am covered in brusies, not knowing how I get them! Massive bug brusies, I am o...

Carolsos

•2 years ago

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Consultant recommendation

Hello all. I am getting v tired and frustrated with the care I receive from my rheumatology department and need to look at other options. I am in the south...

Hello all. I am getting v tired and frustrated with the care I receive from my r...

Backchat57

•2 years ago

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Running out of steam….

I simply just don’t know how I continue like this for the remainder of what has become my miserable existence of a life. Sorry if I upset anyone but I’m 2...

I simply just don’t know how I continue like this for the remainder of what has ...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Specialist appt tomorrow 😊

Hello all. Thanks to my wonderful GP, my initial appt with Rheumatologist has been brought forward from Feb 2022 to TOMORROW!!

Hello all. Thanks to my wonderful GP, my initial appt with Rheumatologist has b...

litbee

•2 years ago

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Sorry - another covid question!

It’s easy if you’re a worrier like me, with an over developed google thumb, to get really scared about catching covid. I don’t know many people in my real life...

It’s easy if you’re a worrier like me, with an over developed google thumb, to g...

Bon1

•2 years ago

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Yellow skin after injecting methotrexate!

So very random. I inject methotrexate and this morning I used my thigh as the injection site but now my skin is yellow around the area. This hasn’t happened...

So very random. I inject methotrexate and this morning I used my thigh as the in...

RumMonkey

•2 years ago

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A continuation

Soon be into my 7th month without RA meds. Since stopping meds my consultant has refused to see me. My GP had no luck either. Finally contacted a patient...

Soon be into my 7th month without RA meds. Since stopping meds my consultant has...

28maggie11

•2 years ago

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Menopause supplements and RA

Hi. I wondered if anyone on here takes any menopause supplements with their RA meds. I’ve recently started having hot flushes, especially at night and was...

Hi. I wondered if anyone on here takes any menopause supplements with their RA m...

AR50cyclist

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Do you still drink alcohol whilst on methotrexate?

If methotrexate is damaging for the liver how much do you drink? Im trying to be good and only drinking on special occasions since being diagnosed but...

If methotrexate is damaging for the liver how much do you drink? Im trying to ...

Langers2

•2 years ago

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Tooth extraction

Had a tooth extraction and its slow to heal- how long can you pause medication ( I'm taking Mycophenolate Mofetil) without a bad effect?

Had a tooth extraction and its slow to heal- how long can you pause medication...

thinkhappy

•2 years ago

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TENS machines

My husband has RA and suffers from frequent joint pain in his knees, back and sometimes hips. I've heard that tens type machines can be useful to relieve this...

My husband has RA and suffers from frequent joint pain in his knees, back and so...

Mickey_S

•2 years ago

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Rheumatoid arthritis patients suffer from ‘ major shortfall’ in treatment

This headline page 15 in the i newspaper today 26 th October. Written by Tom Bawden science correspondent. It reads very similar to what a lot of you are...

This headline page 15 in the i newspaper today 26 th October. Written by Tom Baw...

Pythagorus

•2 years ago

12 Replies

Posts - NRAS | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for October 2021

PIP

Off topic: Happy Halloween!

Off topic… my escape. What is yours?

Off topic: it’s not the cough- part two!

Prednisolone advice please

HU

Inititial capital letters

I'm new here and feeling so lost and confused...

Off topic: it’s not the cough that carries you off…..

Rheumatology Department Christmas 21 Charitable Support Appeal

Third covid dose!

Thank you for your help re acid irritation and Gastritis.

AnyOne Who Put Booster Vaccine( 3'rd Dose) for Covid - 19.

Gastritis

Pleurisy & covid jab

Vaccines and the Immunosuppressed

Mtx

Off topic

Brusies

Consultant recommendation

Running out of steam….

Specialist appt tomorrow 😊

Sorry - another covid question!

Yellow skin after injecting methotrexate!

A continuation

Menopause supplements and RA

Do you still drink alcohol whilst on methotrexate?

Tooth extraction

TENS machines

Rheumatoid arthritis patients suffer from ‘ major shortfall’ in treatment

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