General Chat

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Oh Becs ......... what about a nice heated pad or hot water bottle to the inflammed area? Longterm I'd recommened glucosamine and omega 3 fish oil supplements.

bec eveyone that sufferes have my sympathy

My mum had one of those Tens machines..seemed to help...

Don't have a hot water bottle unfortunately. Am keeping wrapped up warm as the cold makes it a lot worse.

I have osteoarthritus all over worse is my tailbone whatever its called lol! I take meloxicam and co-codomal cant take ibrufen which is good because I have angina. Davex

Hey Bec I'll delete my thread and we can all go on yours! (Miserable old cow who's totally cheesed off with her lousy knees, ankles, hips, et al) Cherryxx

Becs what about putting the heating on? sit right up close to the radiator?? Its such a niggling pain isn't it? You have all my sympathy -x-

Hi Bec Sorry to hear you have it as you know my 6 year old has it. Where do you have it Julie

Sorry Cherry, didn't mean to take over. Deb - It's very bad at times and the spasming is really disconcerting...

I take Ibuprofen, glucosamine and cod liver oil, don't know if the latter two do any good, I dare not stop taking them. Ibuprofen is ok, sometimes I feel it's not helping at all but then I forget to take one and boy! Do I feel it! I also have cortison injections into the joint, (ouch) and they seem to help a little, but they have worn off. I will be going back to the docs soon to see if there is anything else I can take for the bad days. When I got into work on Thurs morning I was in tears with it.

any anti inflamatorys trial and error really , make sure you eat with um eating oily fish is supposd to be good, but you know sometimes you just cant bring yourself to eat it, can you, if your aching you cant be ar**@ anyway keep warm bec, im about to go for bath to help my aches

Bec I am glad we don't have glass milkbottles anymore, and we can't have a dinner party as we don't have enough matching crockery where I keep dropping things. Mine might not be technically termed Arthritis not sure but have tennis elbow in both arms and cerical spondylosis which affects neck and now hips and knees have started. Maybe should change name to hobbler

Becs you must get some of those heat pads from the chemist........or Holland & Barratts do oat bags you heat up in the microwave ....... these will help short term and give relief..........and also purchase a hot water bottle young lady lol....... you cant be proper ill without one lol!!

No just you go on Bec, bless you, just put up a header to make peeps read the thread so that everyone knows what a pita it is, lol Love Cherryxx

Teresa W I take Ibrupofen as well and have been upped to the max dose (1600mg) a day and can also take paracetemol inbetween. think its called shake rattle and roll

Will definitely get one of those heat pads tomorrow. Will let you all know what Doc says and am also go to do some research. I'm not being a hypochondriac and certainly not self-diagnosing but it's looking more and more like it could be rheumatoid artritis. xxxxxx for you all!

dawnie yours sounds like mine mines diagnosed as fibromyalgia, only this week ive learned the hobbling - leg going from underme is down to that too

http://www*rheumatoid*org*uk/

Girls, I'll just say this once and only once. When I was 34 I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. My youngest babe was 5 months old and I couldn't even hold him in my arms. I spent 4 months in hospital. A wonderful Rheumatologist thought that maybe there was a connection between food and the disease, remember I'm talking 30 about years ago. I was starved, put on a diet of only onions, then lamb,then.... nothing helped, etc, etc. His findings were that diet played no part in the disease whatsoever. Twenty years later he asked me to take part in a survey of why young women developed RA. His ultimate conclusions were that it is hormone/genes related. This, of course, is only my experience. Cherryxx