Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 1 of 1
-
3rd February 2021, 08:40 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Feb 2015
- Location
- Oz
- Posts
- 615
What's happened poost finger joint joint replacement.
I think I've posted before on my psoriatic arthritis journey. Intitially the specialist thought it RA, couldn't find any meds that worked so changed his diagnosis to PsA, the most aggressive he has seen. The PsA coursed through me affecting fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, upper arms, shoulders, neck, toes and balls of the feet, life was damned painful, I had very limited use of my hands and any use of them caused much pain. In my struggle I had big toe joint replacement, hip replacement, ulna nerve transposition and lastly, two finger joints replaced, another two replaced.
A curious thing happened after the surgery, my pain in all the body parts affected lessened. My hands are quite good now, I have reasonable use of them without much pain, same with left elbow, shoulder, neck, feet, only my right elbow causes me a lot of grief still.
So after four years of soul destroying pain It appears I'm in remission. The damage caused by this disease in the four year period is more than most suffer in a lifetime with this disease, such was it's destructiveness. My joints will never recover, the damage to great, particularly the elbows. I still have pain, particularly in the left arm, but, it is much less in the rest of my body.
I passed this by my GP, but he seems to think its just that I'm used to the pain. I disagree with that, I became used to the pain a long time ago, the disease also appears to stopped its spread.
I'll always have pain, such is the damage caused to my joints, but, I'm happier than I've been in four years. So good being able to use my hands again in a reasonable facsimile of normal. Now I only have the cancer to deal with.
-
3rd February 2021 08:40 AM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Posts
- Many
Similar Threads
-
FJA 300 finger joint kit
By Hodgo in forum TRITON / GMCReplies: 4Last Post: 15th July 2019, 09:03 PM -
New finger joint Jig
By Template Tom in forum ROUTING FORUMReplies: 1Last Post: 9th December 2016, 05:08 PM -
Finger joint without a jig?
By Stiebs in forum ROUTING FORUMReplies: 5Last Post: 15th March 2011, 10:07 AM -
Finger joint jig
By MikeThePom in forum HOMEMADE TOOLS AND JIGS ETC.Replies: 30Last Post: 18th August 2008, 05:43 PM -
finger joint bit
By JohnKerr in forum ROUTING FORUMReplies: 3Last Post: 7th October 2002, 10:40 PM