Knee follow-up
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:35:14 +0000
Well, I just got back from my follow-up visit to the hospital. I was
rather surprised to find myself talking to a physiotherapist, rather
than a doctor. She explained that the whole purpose of the visit was to
see how my knee was working.
I can do better than a 90 degree bend and have no trouble straightening ...
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OTP Splodge!
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:12:53 -0000
Hi Janet - Just to say, have a lovely holiday!
Make sure you pack your thermals (remember, a few layers are warmer than
thick jumper), and you iron knickers to keep that hip behaving itself!
Jayne
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Pred. queries update
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:49 -0000
I've seen the results of my blood tests and various things are up the creek.
Haemoglobin levels are too low, and a Seratonin test and another test was
way too high. He's diagnosed Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and given me steroids
(5 x 5mg per day)and Tramadol to tide me over the holiday.
He said I would need to h ...
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General Hints & Advice for Arthritis
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:49:39 -0000
Copied this Post from a June thread in this group, it gives good general
advice & info.
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It helps first to know what kind of arthritis is. If it is
inflammatory arthritis it needs to be in the care of a rheumatologist and
will most likely need a special type of med that will stop the inflammatory ...
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Prednisolone questions
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:54:33 -0000
As you know, I've jogged along for years with both shoulders, both hips and
left knee being replaced. Also, I've taken 3 x 50mg of Diclofenac Sodium
(NSAID) daily for years now with no side effects. I'm also taking Arimidex
for breast cancer.
Yesterday I woke up to find my right knee (original joint) swollen ...
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OTP: I'll never think of Phil Collins in the same way again
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:00:33 +0000
What say you TGAF?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22uYmmRhzIA
bet that's cheered your Friday afternoon up.. ...
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Murad Al Ghamdi should range her in addition the publisher
Fri, 8 Nov 2007 20:04:36 GMT
Reply by email, filling out this form and emailing it to me.
Trimming off the rest of this post is unnecessary.
I will guarantee anonymity except in cases of blatant abuse.
I will achieve anonymity by tallying the results in
uncorrelated tabulations and then deleting the emails.
(I know this loses interesting c ...
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New Knee Question
Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:14:35 +0000
Over the last couple of days my new knee has become quite painful and
swollen. The operation was 5 weeks ago yesterday (Wednesday) so I'm
wondering if I've just been trying to make it do a little too much, or
if this is something I should get looked at.
Any ideas, folks?
Cheers for now,
Dave ...
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OTP - Look what I found
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:44:48 +0000
When you here TGAF fantasizing about Girls Aloud, you know
there's only one social networking site left for him!
http://www2.saga.co.uk/sagazone/
lol
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spondylarthrite ankylosante
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:33:51 -0400
je viens de passer un test de sang, HLA B27 est positif. Mon md croit
que j'ai la spondylarthrite ankylosante.
Questions:
HLA B27 positif, puis-je avoir une autre maladie avec ce resultat?
Quel sont les medicaments qui existe pour cette maladie et qu'elles sont
les effets secondaires? ...
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