My year of rheumatoid arthritis in 2021. Late January I started getting ill. I was too ill for the Covid 19 vaccine when first called. Two days later, the doctor surgery called back. My husband told them, my temperature had reduced and I was then taken down to get it. I think I was not well enough then. And maybe…
I now own a mobility scooter. I am in my early forties, and I really did not want this. But my chronic condition of rheumatoid arthritis is now in two legs. I started with one crutch in October 2017, and then two years later in October 2019, my right leg started getting bad. I struggled so much with two crutches.…
Rheumatoid arthritis is horrible to have. The next six months, introduced more painful joints and new medication. But having to have my wisdom tooth interrupted my trial of my new medication. Then I had to have a two week break before trying again. This time, it took over six weeks for both of the medication to start to work. Early…
Year four of my journey with rheumatoid arthritis. I am write yearly updates to show how this affects me, year one is here , year two is here , and year three is here. My condition has shown me, that I can not travel long haul and experience any touring holidays anymore. I can not walk for more than hour with my…
Year three of my journey with rheumatoid arthritis. I am write yearly updates to show how this affects me, year one is here and year two is here. My condition has shown me, that I can not travel long haul and experience any touring holidays anymore. I can not walk for more than hour as my legs hurt, and the…
Part two of my journey with rheumatoid arthritis. NHS Back at Newmarket, my rheumatoid consultant was as disappointed as I was that the last two Humira injections have not work well. He has agreed to continue and re-fund my Humira for the next three months to see if I improve and requested that I return to increasing my etoricoxib to…