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I'VE HAD A TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT AT 30 YEARS OLD
- By gilliand70 · New reply 4:50 pm
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 12 replies
- Hi All, I joined this forum as I want to help others who have concerns/fears/questions about having a total shoulder replacement. I had one at 30 years old after a car accident in which i shattered my ...
Spur induced muscle spasms
- By PoppePam · New reply 8:36 am
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 1 reply
- The biggest challenge has been getting the doctors to understand the difficulty of living with the neuromuscular effect that the cervical and thoracic spurs are having in addition to the thoracic fractures ...
Looking for people in Spokane Wa
- By Anne33 · Posted November 16, 2009
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 0 replies
- Hi Just looking to talk to others from Spokane Wa ...
I think I might need to get a knee replacement...
- By samknow · New reply November 14, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 2 replies
- Hi everyone!! It's been awhile since i've been on here. I have been on remicade for almost six months, and it's not doing a thing.. I think i might need to talk to my horrible rheumy about seeing if i ...
giving mtx injections
- By RebeccaP · New reply November 5, 2009
- In Kids get arthritis too! · 4 replies
- I recently started giving methotrexate injections to my 12 yr old daughter w/ extended oligoarticular JIA. We have the 1 time use vials and would like to know how others dispose of the used containers ...
HUMIRA
- By mking · New reply October 29, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 2 replies
- Does anyone know of financial help available to help with meds such as Humira shots? my friend's teenage daughter was diagnosed with RA about a year ago & the cost of the meds is financially killing them....but ...
Does eliminating meat from your diet STOP the imflamation and stiffness?
- By rkjoint37 · New reply October 28, 2009
- In Coping with arthritis · 29 replies
- Getting a arthritis diagnosis was shocking....I am in my 30's and no history of it in my family. My ortho doc stated he saw a small fracture, I did not understand where that came from. He also stated ...
Shopping with Arthritis
- By stonie1 · Posted October 28, 2009
- In Coping with arthritis · 0 replies
- There was a time when I could walk pain free anywhere that I wanted to for as long as I wanted to. Now that I have an unoperable miniscus tear, and arthritis in my knees I do as much shopping as I can ...
thumb joint
- By debil · Posted October 28, 2009
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 0 replies
- Hi,, I just had surgery about 3 months ago on my right thumb joint. It was completely removed and a tendon taken from my arm to use as a new joint. I am wondering if I will ever lose the pain that I am ...
Marathon
- By running-stan · New reply October 26, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 4 replies
- I have been suffering with multiple forms of arthritis for the past 30 years. The past 8 years I have been under the great care of Chicago Rheumatologist Dr. Richard Pope. I started casual jogging about ...
My Doctor will not listen to me
- By Dumpling · New reply October 26, 2009
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 25 replies
- Hi, I started a few months ago going to Duke Hospital. I complained of back, left leg including knee pain. My doctors are playing with me (I feel like they are) and testing areas that have nothing to ...
Wright Biofoam knee replacements
- By rerabo · New reply October 19, 2009
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 8 replies
- We just had an article in our newspaper about a woman that had one of these type of replacements done with the biofoam. She has since run a marathon. Her doctor is quoted as saying that is totally OK ...
Arthritis since birth and didn't know it
- By ruthiedove · New reply October 14, 2009
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 4 replies
- I had an injury to one knee early last year. The pain wouldn't go away. After additional testing they found I have arthritis in both knees. Both knee caps are out of place and I have had the condition ...
Does any one else have any other Autoimuine Diseases?
- By Scrappingbee · New reply October 14, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 16 replies
- Hi everyone just wondering if anyone else with Ra suffers from any other auto immune disorders? I have RA & MS. It is sometimes hard for me to tell when I am having a problem if it is being caused by ...
Osteoarthritis in my toes....Feeling Frustrated
- By Graygirl30 · New reply October 2, 2009
- In Living with osteoarthritis · 2 replies
- I have had osteoarthritis in my toes for over 5 years and have been told that there is not much that can be done. I have had one surgery already which was only about 30% successful in relieving the pain ...
lupus and RA?
- By TiffanyB · New reply October 1, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 11 replies
- i have RA and my doctor is conserned about me getting lupus? how is that possible ...
New to the Group
- By augusta · Posted October 1, 2009
- In Coping with arthritis · 0 replies
- Hello, I am 37yrs old and a 7yr Ovarian Cancer survivor, but my body feels like Im 60. My mother is 72 and I'm pretty much feeling the same pains she has. By bones hurt so much especially when I get out ...
New and I too have RA.
- By Bootyjig5 · New reply October 1, 2009
- In Living with rheumatoid arthritis · 7 replies
- Hi everyone. I'm new to the joint support group on the inspire website. I've been a member of the ovarian cancer part for a few months now. I have a sister with OC and I myself had a little scare with ...
The best thing I did....
- By Kalthia · New reply September 29, 2009
- In Coping with arthritis · 3 replies
- was get a handicap placard for my car. I am only 39, and feel guilty about it, I mean, there are blind people and old people, and people in wheelchairs out there. But I have come to realize that on many ...
Arthritis of the sacrum
- By MaryKarnes · New reply September 24, 2009
- In Medications and therapies · 3 replies
- what do you take for it.. I was on pain meds but Dr was not too happy about that ...
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