Date: 07.05.2010
From: Lynn B
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Subject: Dicky Ankle
Hi guys can anyone help, My left ankle keeps giving in and i keep falling. Its not all the time just now and then. But just lately its a bit more often, dont know if it has anything to do with arther or not.. as i put my foot down there is a terrible pain and it just goes. Then after a minute or two its ok? weird I know. any ideas??
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Date: 08.05.2010
From: louloubelle
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
That happens to me too. I have it with my ankles and my knees but am usually able to use the other leg to stop me falling. I think I should get the old walking sticks out again just for a bit of extra stability but it's horrid having to use them. I suppose I'll just have to "pretty them up a bit" and learn to love them again!!! I don't know why it keeps happening, only that it is because of the arthritis (never happened when I was on the enbrel and the arthur was under control). It may be weak tendons or something? Just another thing to add to the list of symptoms that no-one really considers until they happen :(
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Date: 08.05.2010
From: KayJay
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Lynn + LouLou I have Arthritis damage of the left ankle. This has been getting gradually worse for about 2 years then I noticed a bone sticking up near the ankle. The GP sent me to see an Orthopedic Surgeon had an xray and he said it was probably due to an injury even years ago and the bone had grown a " spur " [ which was the bony lump I can feel]. Apparently I would have fractured the ankle but it was missed on the xray years ago !! I did fall about 25 years ago when my foot just swelled up but I went to the a+e and they just strapped it and said it was a sprain !! Fast forward to now and that mis diagnosis has resulted in me having to walk with a stick and wearing an ankle brace/boot all the time. I can't bend my left foot to walk , it's just rigid now. The Ortho surgeon is not willing to fuse the ankle because of my recent diagnosis of RA. I would defo get a referral to an Orthopedic Surgeon via your GP. That's the only way I got anywhere with mine. Good Luck ;0)
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Date: 08.05.2010
From: Lynn B
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Thanks for the reply LouLou+ Kayjay LouLou i have been having trouble on the stairs, or when i am going down a step more than anything I have had to stop mtx and waiting to go on something else. Kayjay i am back to see the rheumy on the 25th, so i will see wot he has to say, thank you tc xx
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Date: 08.05.2010
From: Verity
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Hey Lynn, my hips do that a lot at the mo. So so painful. Its down to the arthritis damage, but the hosp are gonna whip em out in a week or so. Woo! lol With regards to bone spurs, my right elbow is totally fused at a 90 degree angle coz of loads of extra bone in it. Havent had xrays for a fair few yrs but you can actually feel the extra bone now. Also, my right hand, I have a bone spur on one of my hand bones (not the finger bones, dunno what theyre called! lol). I can feel it pokin out if a touch it. Feels orrible. Anyone else got any?? xx
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Date: 09.05.2010
From: Lynn B
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
No sorry Verity i dont have any bone spurs, sorry about your hips, but your gonna feel loads better after your op i promise, at least thats wot my friend says she has just had her left hip done, gotta say Verity you are so brave having both done together. You have only got a week or two to go havent you? Best wishes for your op.. will be thinking of you tc xx
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Date: 09.05.2010
From: KayJay
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Yes Verity good luck with the OP ;0) The only spur I've got is near my left ankle - it's quite big and stop's me bending my foot. I have noticed my middle finger joints seem to have got thicker in the joint/bone part? will ask the Rhuemie about that when I see them next.
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Date: 09.05.2010
From: Lynn B
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Yes kay all my fingers are like that, all the middle joints on fingers and on the end joint there are bony lumps either side.tc x
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Date: 10.05.2010
From: Verity
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Yeh my fingers are like that too. Deformities are the bain of my life!! Argggh! At least I have a 'normal' face I guess hahaha. Op is a week on wednesday!!! Got my suitcases all ready to pack and have a few pairs of jogging bottoms ready (not that im gonna be jogging lol). Thats as much as Im willing to deal with for the moment lol (Lynn you dont have to apologise for having no bone spurs ; ) lol) Hope everyones OK!! xx
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Date: 10.05.2010
From: KayJay
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
Good Luck Verity ;0)
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Date: 11.05.2010
From: Jill
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Subject: Re: Dicky Ankle
had bone spurs in both shoulders, hense the impingement, had both done over three years ago, nasty op, takes 4 months ro recover, and u cant lie on them at all for that time either.....got trigger fingers and thumbs, all digits click....
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