People Who Are Living With Osteoarthritis
posted 11/09/2007, comments (0)
Please Help
I was wanting to know if anyone can give me advice on how to get my medicine back. This is what happened. My family Dr was writing out my blood pressure pills, my pain meds, and my nerve meds. He told me that when I saw one of my specilist which are an orthopedist, a neurologist, and an ENT , that if they changed my pain meds to let him know and... Read more
posted 11/08/2007, comment (1)
|Docs app.
WOOHOO!!! The doc has finally decided to send me to see a professor at a large hospital to get me help!!!It's only taken 10yrs lolHe also changed my tabs to Arthrotec instead of Celebrex so fingers crossed they help :-)
posted 11/05/2007, comments (2)
Pain Early OA
Around the time I was 50 I noticed my back hurt. Then I noticed my mother's hands did not function right. I had one lumbar disc problem for which I got a steroid shot in 1988. I was fine till about 1999. Then I started having problems with bone spurs all over. I was diagnosed with OA, spinal stenosis, and scoliosis. I have had 2 finger joints... Read more
posted 10/27/2007, comments (2)
Lost in an OA haze
I have seen four different doctors about my knee pain and increasing lack of mobility. The first was close to 15 years ago, the second soon thereafter. Neither of these GP's even examined my knees. I was told by both "lose the weight and you'll lose the problem". Approximately three years ago while I was... Read more
