Osteoarthritis

Hi, my name is Kaoz, I use they/it pronouns, am 23yrs old, and have *a lot* of health issues 😅 (POTS too but it wouldn't show up..) I hope to have some community and feel less alone in all of this, thanks in advance :]

#MightyTogether #Fibromyalgia #PTSD #Osteoarthritis #Anxiety #Depression #Migraine #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #AutismSpectrumDisorder #OCD #EatingDisorder #Arthritis #Schizophrenia

Hi, my name is BoldtGirl. I am just shy of 60, single, and do not have kids. I'm here because I am interested in meeting others who may have a similar condition. Specifically, I have been diagnosed with osteochondritis dessicans in both ankles. At times this can be very painful and limit my mobility. I have been very active all my life, so it seems this diagnosis has not only affected me, but how others relate to me. I have been dismissed by friends as a result, and that has been quite a learning experience. Has anyone else had to deal with these issues upon learning of your disability?

#MightyTogether #Osteoarthritis

So yesterday I saw my new pain management doctor. She wanted to see my range of motion in my hips so she had me lay down. She bent my right leg at the knee and I swear on everything sacred I saw stars. Pain spiked to 9. I let out a cry, started shaking and then I cried a bit. It knocked the wind out of me. She apologized but I told her she needed to see what I'm dealing with.
Then she sent me for X-rays of my hips and lumbar. That was easy enough. I had no idea what they'd show. But when my doctor came in and had the 3 images we realized there's a big reason for my right hip hurting so much. Turns out my right ball and socket is bone on bone. The osteoarthritis finally destroyed it.
So that's just a little bit of crazy I'm dealing with. I'm exhausted. Not even a Norco 7.5 has touched this pain.
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Please forgive me for not posting in a few months. But there's a lot of really good journal prompts already posted.

Yesterday my new pain management doctor wanted to see my range of motion in my hips. She had me lay down and she bent my right leg. OMG the pain spiked to 9. She apologized for hurting me but I said she needs to see how bad it gets.
This morning I woke up in serious pain. My lumbar feels like I got kicked. My right hip really hurts. But the X-rays showed us why my right side hurts so much. The ball socket is bone on bone. It's new since September of 2022.
Thankfully I have Pauley. She gave me a Norco and she put some CBD cream on my back. Right now pain is at 6.
My fasting BG was about 152. I need to eat something but I don't want to get off my bed. I'm craving a grilled cheese sandwich with some sweet potato red pepper soup.
#BackPain #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Bursitis #Osteoarthritis

We just got done with today's appointment with the pain management clinic. I'm getting cortisone injections on July 11th. The doctor was very nice and helpful. Everyone here has been very accepting and called me Nox.
My doctor wanted to check my range of motion. I laid on my back and she bent my right knee up and OMG the pain was immediate, spiked to 9. Then she extended my leg up straight and I started crying cuz the pain was just so intense. She apologized but I said it's fine cuz she needs to see how bad it is. I was smart and only took one tramadol before we left.
We did x-rays of my hips and lumbar. We found out my right hip socket has narrowed so much that now it's bone on bone. I'm gonna have an MRI of my lumbar and hips next month.
It stormed really bad after my appointment so we stayed in the waiting room. Pauley had to do some remote work cuz her client lost power from the storm. She actually went in to the office instead of coming home with me. She got home by about 920pm.
#FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Bursitis #Osteoarthritis #RheumatoidArthritis

Hi, my name is CStallings8. I've been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases I’m dealing with a lot of pain and fatigue. I welcome any advice. 🙂

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #Fibromyalgia #Osteoarthritis #Arthritis

Hi

I am 45 years old, I like to read, and trying out all things in the arts and crafts area.

I live DID and C-PTSD as a result of highly organised and transgenerational severe abuse throughout childhood and adolesence.

Also diabetes 1 since I was a kid, fibromyalgia for as long as I can remember but diagnosed when I was 35, osteoarthritis in knees and hips diagnosed at the same time, and a few years after I developed psoriatic arthritis (no, that did not make either the diagnosis or the symptoms of fibro go away, and you're not the first to ask as this can just be confusing)

So I am used to living with fatigue, pain, nausea, thd fun package of 'self-regulation' that comes with diabetes type 1. And chaos, hypervigilence, etcetera in the mental department. I've long made my peace with that and try to make tomorrow a little better by coping well today (and then there's those days...)

But last Autumn I got a covid-19 infection and developed post covid/long corona. I have been told by thd medics that my autonomous nerve system has been affected by the virus during the acute infection state. That leads to different symptoms for everyone, fatigue being the most prevalent.

In my case the symptoms are that mild exercise or stress can cause severe illness that may last from hours to days (pem), palpitations when I stand for more than 10 seconds (oi/pots, shortness of breath, nausea and digestive problems, muscle tension and spasms, problems expressing myself, problems with concentration, coordination, memory, focus, language processing and reading. And of course the fatigue which is FAR worse than I am used to.

I feel powerless and lost.

I hope to find some peers here who know what I'm going through.

#Diabetes #Fibromyalgia #PsoriaticArthritis #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #DID #PTSD #PTS #CPTSD #postcovid #long_corona #Fatigue #PEM #post_exertational_malaise #POTS #BrainInjury #pais #post_acute_infection_syndromes