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Your chronic pain and other people.
Chronic pain restricts what I can do and how long I can spend doing the things I enjoy. DDD, bulging discs, nerve root impingement / compression and facet joint arthritis. But I have learned what my limits are, when I need to stop, to pace myself so I can still enjoy simple hobbies. Non the less, I am more or less…
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Hi is Plantar fasciitis deemed a disability?
Hi I've been having chronic pain in my feet my years, i've been recently been referred to an MSK service. they said i have Plantar fasciitis, although the pain is all over my body, is that deem a disability?
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Spinal Stenosis: Can I flyfish?
Just got diagnosed. Does anyone flyfish?
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Leg problems being ignored by Docs
Hi everyone so I've been having leg problems since April this year, and no one had taken me seriously because of that I developed a blood clot in the back of my knee which is being treated but now there's new pain in the same knee and my knee feels bloody awful it's like my bones are all sliding around no painkillers are…
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Chronic pain
Hi im new to this page I suffer so much with chronic pain I am also suffering with osteoarthritis.throughtout my body. I had an MRI and my results came back I've got so much going on with my back.some days I can't do anything apart from lay in bed because it hurts to move. I will find out on Friday what I will be getting…
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Feeling Fed Up, Medical Advice and Chronic Pain
⚠️⚠️Warning - Essay!! You may require boredom or extreme patience and persistence to finish reading this one 🙃 Hi everyone, I’m so sorry for how long this is but I’m feeling so rubbish after recent interactions with different medical professionals and hoping for any words of wisdom and hopefully some answers to some…
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We know more than they do
Hi 👋, Ive been living with chronic pain for over 20 years. The NHS is great at diagnosing, although we do have to wait. But not so great with treatment options. If you also have stomach issues, oral pain meds are often not tolerated well. Nerve injections, acupuncture, physio exercises. All either didn’t work all or in my…
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Hi, my name is TA69! looking for support with chronic back pain
I am new to this forum, looking for support with chronic back pain and information to make my quality of life better
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Hi, my name is Bickell! Week seven after knee replacement, any advice?
Hi everyone has anyone had severe pain since day one I am at week seven after total knee replacement and still in horrendous pain in my knee shin foot can hardly bend my knee my foot is ice cold and pins and needles don’t seem to be getting anywhere with the hospital. And don’t see surgeon till 20th March would be grateful…
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Specialists
Hi all, About 2 years ago I was referred to a particular gut specialist who treats patients with gut pain caused by trauma. They are rare apparently. I’ve been waiting so long and it seems from my search today, that he no longer works for the NHS. He seems to only work privately now. Yikes!!! Has anyone else had this…
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Sciatica pain advise
Think I have it again this time in my left leg. First felt in nerve under foot and going into 4th toe. Now in front of knee, and i have tingling in that leg. Dizziness too, tho that may be the scoliosis in general. Is there a quick fix? I get a lot of upper body pain now from the scoliosis, not had leg pain since 2011 and…
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Advice Needed Please
Hi I am new here and wanted to tell my story with the hope that I can get a better understanding as to what is happening with me, as I am really confused and my mental health is really suffering because of this.I had a hysterectomy (full laproscopic) in May 2013 for heavy periods and pelvic pain. The findings were…
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Pelvic Pain and Mental Health
Hi my name is Delbut I am new here. I have posted on another site to see if I could get other peoples opinions. But nobody messages 😕. Is anybody else going through chronic pelvic pain?? I would like to hear from you.
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Admitting it exists is hard to do
Seven years I have been struggling. That is hard for me to say out loud to the world. Other than my missus I have hidden it from everyone else. I never wanted to give it the space as it makes it more real, but I could do with some people around me who get it. I dont allow it to stop me, I hike, a lot, I keep active. But it…
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Hi! Has anyone else got complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or similar?
hi everyone . im not sure if anybody will read this but ive had the scs procedure done and im still struggling with on going nerve damage as a result of a broken leg . i had the implant fitted and wondered if anyone on here is going through the same crps syndrome or similar ?
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Nerve Root Damage Unbearable Sciatic Pain
I've not worked for nearly 10 years due a slipped disc (15yrs ago) which caused permanent damage to the nerve root at L5-S1 (removed and vertebrae fused in 2013) still causing my back to lock up constantly, extremely painful sciatica down both legs, affecting my hips and more recently causing numbness in my feet and toes,…
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Erosive Gullwing Arthritis
Has anyone been diagnosed with this? Ive had bumpy nodules in the end of my fingers and swollen fingers for a few years now. Took it to my GP years ago and he just shrugged his shoulders. Thought it might be gout which I have also suffered from for about 15 years. Mentioned it a couple of times and earlier in the year I…
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Pain killers
I was prescrbed Naproxen, 12 months ago - specifically for knee pain (knee replacement gone wrong) - I am still taking it 2 * 500mg per day - but now my shoulder pain has got far worse - diagnosed as rotator cuff by physio. Is it worth my asking my GP for an alternative pain killer or does Naproxen cover both ?
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Any other TPN users on here?
Hey, I'm a 32 year old suffering from severe crohn's since I was 16. Had major surgery to remove my whole large bowel and was giving an ileostomy. Living life with crohn's from 16 to 22 wasn't easy but I could manage a normal life, family, work and everything else... Then bam! Once I hit 22 my health my started to…
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Grade 3 sacroiliitis / ankylosing spondylitis
Hello, I have had chronic back pain for 7 years and originally due to age my GP put it down to my abdominal muscles parting during pregnancy, fast forward 7 years and I have just been informed that I have grade 3 sacroiliitis where my spine has partially fused to my pelvic bone, which has left me in daily pain and during…
