OA

Hello physiogal. It's great to hear that you are staying positive. It can sometimes be difficult with this disease! I have had OA for some years now, and no you don't get used to the pain, but it is possible to learn how to manage it and make it tolerable. At least for me. But I also believe that it's key to stay positive. I have a great family, a supportive boss and good friends who all understand and it makes a great difference for me. I have more energy to be positive and I have more fight in me :) Of course I have bad days, but I have learnt that it's okay to press pause and deal with the pain instead of stressing to make it go away. For me it works better when feel that I stay in control. Did CBT a while back to learn how to deal with the stress that followed the pain. For me it really helped. Keep up the positive mind - and please do whinge - it's better to get it out of the system :)

Hi, I have bad OA in both my hands and it is becoming quite crippling. So my doctor suggested surgery. I still haven't decided to go through with it yet. But the meds aren't working, so I think it might be my only option soon. I would love to do more things around the house, with my family and my friends. It has taken a little organisation, but my friends are good at coming up with things to do that doesn't require hands :) I always try to stay positive and want to be as active as possible, it takes my mind off this disease. I am just enjoying that I can still walk - after all it's "only" my hands that are so bad. So I'm enjoying every day, and trying to deal with the pain. 

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Gilda

hello Rheïane

What kind of activities without the hands you do? I am interested... My week point are also the hands, they are not completely useless yet but I want to start finding new and diff things to do.

Hi all, I have osteoarthritis in both ankles, and I'm hoping it won't spread ( but I might b kidding myself...) Iv been told it's past operating on and the dr said that I'd need a fusion in 5-10 yrs

Hello all , I don't want to alarm anyone but I started with O A in my kness late twenties and after three exploratory  which made my kness worse , it spread , I now have it in my feet toes , lower back , hips , top of neck , elbows and  thumbs and finger joints , I'm 58 and yes I'm restricted to what I  can do and how long I can stand , gets me very low in mood but have good partner that makes every day a positive one , but yes the pain is unbearable and iv not found any meds that help , I'm on tramoldol but its not doing anything , except makes me sleep ,