Date: 29.10.2011
From: anne jones
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Subject: arthritis and prednisilone
been seeeing gp for 2 years one of my gps seems to think osteo,reynauds,and carpel tunnel as all that came back was inflammation on bloods treated with painkillers and naproxyn, ended up very depressed and on anti depressants and anti anxiety also diagnosed as menopausal, the painkillers stopped working and i developed more joint involvement i am now seeing a different gp in our practise coz i feel i can talk to him i have now developed lumps and pressurre under my knees so he gave me a short course of pred, this worked for a fortnight and the tiredness pressure and pain came back with a vengence i have lost 7 stone in 2 years and feel really ill most of the time he has ordered more specialised blood tests and put me on a 7 week course of pred everything has improved but i am left with residual pain if i put pressure on my joints the stiffness is much better but i seem to have reached a plateau where i have improved to a point and no further i think it is hard coz i havent got any definative answer to what is wrong with me all i know is i hurt,my knees are shot at and they only started playing up 3 months ago,i dont see a rheumatologist and i am terrified the dr wont believe i am still haveing probs coz i am better than i was but still having pain
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Date: 29.10.2011
From: lynnr
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Subject: Re: arthritis and prednisilone
i have been having extreme pain and i have been put onto pin patches and frid there i was given a short course of predisone oral steroids as well i have been feeling terrible and lost loads weight and my appetitie so hoping it will increase my appetitie. tc
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Date: 30.10.2011
From: anne jones
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Subject: Re: arthritis and prednisilone
How do you cope with it all at dr on wed for bloods results I know one was off coz got a call to start antibiotics but worried it wont pick up a reason for all this pain and they will fob me off think my knee is really wrecked now going round in circles
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Date: 30.10.2011
From: gill
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Subject: Re: arthritis and prednisilone
HI,SORRY....That you are in a great deal of pain,I hope you will be ok......I got a another lot pills for my knee joint,on top of the painkillers for my arthritis,so we know how feel,on here,hope you are back on par soon,,we are all feel for you , gill
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Date: 30.10.2011
From: lynnr
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Subject: Re: arthritis and prednisilone
i am finding it extremely hard at the moment i am only 35 with 3 small children and i am struggling at the moment i have my hospital app on wed so it cant come quick enough,i hope you get your results back and all is well tc
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