Where is your osteoarthritis?

@nessie1954 Mine started in lower back excruciating first was told it was sciatica then I had X-rays & MRI was having injections but they were stopped I’ve taken all kinds of pain Relief I now have it in hip, knee I recently broke my ankle in 3 places been in plaster for 6 weeks now in a moon boot for 8 weeks I was non weight bear for 6 weeks since I’ve started to walk ( very slowly) my back is killing me I am on crutches now & it gets slightly easier. 
Does anyone use crutches with their back problems as I’m getting a little stronger I find it easier walking with crutches rather than my walking stick I used before my accident 

@nessie1954‍ I use crutches when back is particularly painful, I find that they keep me a little more upright than walking stick. I also have spinal arthritis with stenosis, I can’t walk very far or very fast either and have lost a couple of discs. 
Hope ankle heals well.

@nessie1954‍ 

I have had 5 spinal surgeries from 2010 t0 2015.  Since then I am bent forward from my hips and i am walking with crutches since 2013. They keep me more upright than 2 sticks. Crutches are my life companion. They are for ever. I don't need them in the house, but i can not walk far without them outdoors.

I have never been given any form of walking aid in all the years I have back pain & even when my knee started being painful & giving way when I was walking, even when I broke my ankle on being discharged it was a walking frame which really hurt my back, my husband suggested the crutches when I came out of the plaster cast, we bought them & they have been brilliant really got me moving  I’m slowly weaning out the moon boot only to wear it outside & I use both crutches out doors I certainly feel they have helped my back & im walking straighter so hubby says with the ankle it’s like learning to walk again. I certainly feel more confident with crutches than I did with sticks 

Claire Fleming.    Nanaclaire

Neck shoulders ,finger ,thumbs Feet hips knee feet ,just about all over 

I had it in my right hip and had a hip replacement 5 years ago. I also have it in my hands and wrists but currently in a lot of pain in my feet and ankles and receive steroid injections in my feet approximately every 6 -8 month's. 

My arthritis in my neck, knees, and lower back. It makes me feel very tired and makes me off balance. And It also is affecting my vision too. It is a daily struggle. Not very nice for an old pensioner. I used to keep fit by using weights. Now, I cannot do it anymore.

Hi everyone,  it's so sad to read how many people are suffering with pain due to OA.

I have had pains in my back, my wrists/hands, my neck, my shoulders and hips for years. 

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2007 and now my pains are always due to that, so the G P says  . I was in so much pain and asked them for a private referral.  I saw a spine specialist within weeks, got an MRI done and was then told that I have severe arthritis in my lumbar spine, Scoliosis bilateral and bulging discs.  I was relieved but also angry,  as I have had this pain for years. Anyway, IT WASN'T FIBROMYALGIA PAIN!

I had 3 different procedures:steroid injection in my spine which was amazing and I had no pain for about 6 weeks. My hubby said I was like a different woman. Then I had a second procedure facet joint injection but this didn't last very long either.  I can't remember the name of the last procedures but it didn't give me pain relief  for long.

I have recently had another MRI on my spine, via NHS because its been 2 years since I had the private MRI.

I suffer with sciatic pain daily and I hope they can sort this pain out,too.  I use a walking stick when pain is bad.

I would also like to know more about CBD. Have you had it prescribed? Do you buy it privately? Where do I learn the dosage? 

Hope you are having an ok day  xx

I have an appointment at the end of this month with Muscle Skeletal department.  

I have it all over now and so there is no good days. My lumbar spine is the most painful and I call that pain a 'screaming pain' I thought I must have a low pain threshold until I read others experience of pain and I have DDD also and so it is painful and confusing for there is no answer. I will not have a fusion for I have heard so much that is negative. I can stand for around 3 minutes holding on to the kitchen counter, to make a cup of tan and then the pain starts and so walking anywhere, even with my rollator is painful and I use my rollator to sit on when the pain goes too much. Thoughts to all of you who are in this terrible condition with me. x

Both hands and wrists.  Right wrist has had the trapezium bone removed.

Put it down to a lot of heavy manual work servicing and repairing carriages and wagons in the 1980s and 1990s, in cold and damp conditions, often with metal hand tools.