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Have you been diagnosed with OA of the knee?  Get a FREE knee pain relief kit.Start here.

I read on one of these pages that I should NOT take calcium, I do take it with D, and also actonel..

Deloris Lashley
08/26/08
Deloris Lashley
Topics:Back PainBack PainOsteoarthritisKnee Pain

I was diagnosed with pagets of the knee in 1990..now it has spread on up by leg into the right hip--I have three degenerative discs in back area, and stay in chronic pain someplace...I swear it moves around...I am 73 years old in 2008. My pain started in 1998.......I am caregiver for my 76 year old husband who has bad copd...and is on oxygen and can do nothing...so I have all to do.....I also have osteoarthritis

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The breakdown of cartilage in the knee can lead to bony protrusions called spurs and considerable joint pain.

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