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Old 19-03-17, 04:38 PM   #15
bathwiggle
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Default Re: Biking and Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Originally Posted by Littlepeahead View Post
Once they get the balance right on the medication you'll probably find that you won't even know you've got it anymore. Sometimes that can take a little while and it is frustrating that they seem to take so long to diagnose it - it took 2 years and me finally having a very heated exchange with our GP before they would even test Mr LPH. Men in their early 40s rarely get it so he was reluctant to run any tests and kept saying take ibuprofen. i know as you are female they may not have stalled so long.

As my mother and his mother both have RA we were very familiar with the symptoms and my physio at work had a look at Stu and said none of his aches and pains were being caused by work/posture/falling over ice skating. When he eventually go the results his markers were really high, now they are back to normal.

Radio 4 ran a series on You and Yours over a week recently. It may still be available to listen to and was very informative.

To give you hope, Stu just bought a BMW S1000RR - a few years ago he could hardly ride his GS 650 as he was in so much pain. Are you seeing the specialist at Broomfield?

I'm over in Luton now working at the hospital, luckily when my GP told me that the amount of pain i was in was normal for a 27yo, one of the consultants at work spoke to a member of the rheumatology department and i got referred that way. Raised ESR but no other markers currently raised so its taken a year of monitoring and trying different drugs for them to decide what it most likely is.

I'll have a look at radio 4.

And that does give me hope, i wanted to ride around New Zealand for my 30th so i shall try and be patient.; thankyou
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