r/Thritis

I thought I would post something in here as I’m a long time listener first time caller. I’m a 50 year-old male 5’10” tall 170 pounds. I’ve played tennis my entire life and over the last two or three year my right hip had become so sore with arthritis that getting to play tennis was next to impossible. With that said, the doctor said the next step would be to have my hip replaced. To be honest, I had no desire to go through that nightmare. I had read a ton of anecdotal stories about people getting on GLP one and finding a great improvement in their joint pain and overall inflammation. With that said, I started on .25 about three weeks ago and over the last two weeks my pain has gone from an 8 to about a 2 and I’m back to playing tennis, putting on my shoes and socks without pain and frankly living a much more comfortable life than I was prior. I had no need to lose any weight because I’m in pretty good shape, but it’s also really helped me eat a much more healthy diet without having to force myself to stay away from junk. Is it a coincidence? It might possibly be but the change has been so radical that it’s hard not to connect the two things together.

I have seen a handful of posts about JellieBends but none which answer my questions. I am a small person but very lanky as far as limbs go, so I have always had trouble with sizing of wrist or hand braces. The JellieBend wrist braces are one size fits all; has anyone with small wrists tried them and find that they work well enough? I have been doing yoga recently and having lots of wrist pain/weakness. If anyone has hand compression gloves recs I'll take them too! I have arthritis in my hands and can't find any that are both tight enough on my fingers and also long enough to actually cover my middle finger joints.

I also want to get the shrug because my shoulder issues are horrid, but I am in between XS and S and since it's a relatively new product I'm not certain if it would work for me.

i was diagnosed with arthritis at 10
i woke up one day and my left knee didnt allow me to walk i tried everything but it didnt work
a few months later i got diagnoised with arthirits and two years later it almost vanished but came back in my ankle n hip along with some backpain idk why but here i am at the age of 15 watching my doctors prepare for another iacs injection which turns out to be streiod
atp i want to just belive that its all a big lie and i dont have arthiritis at all those injections are PAINFUL to take not to mention that u cant do anything with ur legs for one or two days

hi! this is a throwaway account because im too scared to post on my main.

i've been having some pain that seems to align with both my parent's arthritis for around a year or two now (i dont know how long it takes for it to be considered chronic). I'm a teenager so this isn't the best.

it specifically flares up during weather and temperature changes, though it can be ignited by activity. It's prominent in my leg bones but also moves to my back and hands.

anyways, today i was on a college tour with some friends and it was pretty hot - we were going in and out of air-conditioned buildings into heat and back again, so it was pretty bad. not as bad as it has been in the past but pretty bad. the whole time i was thinking of the mobility sticks (canes?? i dont know what theyre called) i saw at walmart but i felt guilty for thinking i needed it.

so, basically all this to say: when is it okay for me to use a mobility aid? with the pain being so fluctuating and so "invisible" , i dont think i should need one. but it would be nice to lean against something while walking. but i also don't want to take advantage of more actual disabled people's issues, what if it seems like im making fun of them?? i guess im just feeling an insane amount of impostor syndrome. i know my pain is probably real but at the same time it feels like im faking it for attention, even though i would never take advantage of something as serious as that. my friends say its better to use resources before it gets worse, and that was comforting, but i still feel like a fake i guess. so:

at what point is it okay to use a mobility aid, such as a walking stick?? thank you for reading !

I developed arthritis when I was 22, it was mild discomfort at first but now it's making any kind of writing or typing horrifically painful. I'm a college student, and this is the first semester that I've been completely incapable of taking notes, written or typed. I desperately need to take notes to be able to keep up in my classes, but I'm at a loss on how to do that since my hands hurt so much. Does anyone have any tips on how to take notes with arthritic hands? I'm open to anything, so all suggestions are welcome!

What Dance shoes best accommodate hallax limitus (big toe arthritis OAA osteoarthritis /Cartlidge is deterioration on my big toes ) and extra wide feet: Ballroom, Salsa, Bachata, line dancing, country swing, wcs, tango, all partner dancing ... also daily activity shoes for skirts dresses etc

I got diagnosed with hallax limitus and had to stop running and dancing and wearing heels and i still have pain standing but im so in love with dancing I started again wearing white mountain footbed sandles size 8 womens and orthofeet extra wide size 8 bc those are the only shoes that are wide enough and support my feet i even wear them indoors at home daily... However they stick and make me lose timing on turns etc... ive considered very fine breakers which are like fuegos but thinner lighter more bendy you can bend in half and also considering very fine making a custom open toe Latin boot or boots but all of them dont seem to have wide enough width... i somehow fit jn the white mountain footbed normal width sandles but they also mold to your foot and standard birekrnsocks are too narrow much like most shoes...i read that fuegos tend to be narrow and i heard very fine breakers look just like them but are wider--im on a ballroom team at school so we get wholesale very fine shoe prices so theyre like 50bucks instead of 100-200 bucks great as a broke student but squished feet are gonna aggravate my hallax limitus any help direction and sharing of your experiences in how yo keep active dancing and manage hallax limitus ideally anyway to reverse it if possible (i dont know the cause if it was gene based or an injury from running in size 9.5shoes i sized up in to get proper width for years but slid in --or wearing heels and pointed toes ballet flats pretty much exclusively until i became a runner than wore sneakers mentioned above while running) has anyone figured out daily wear shoes and accommodations and also especially for being able to dance with this condition because ive thought of buying very fine dance boots open toe lace ups and customizign with flat 0.5inch heel but even than is the sole supportive enough ... i dont know what to do i just bought a pair of dance socks to put over my orthofeet sneakers .. im a woman and love femmine stillettos and pointed toes ballet flats and lived in them only like very streamlined femine sexy shoes --took me a year to find shoes i like the orthofeet wander for daily use in leather and also knit and the white mountain footbed sandles in summer but when i go dancing and wear skirts etc --i mean even the very fine beaker high tops leather black i love the style but they may kill my feet maybe buy an orthotic but if narrow and i dunno the othofeet have rocker shock absorption and these great features but they stick the outer sole is really grippy bc theyre meant to prevent old people from falling lol and they work but hurt my knees when i try to spin in them --any and all tips suggestions any and everything info guidence tips experiences someone can offer id greatly appreciate as I want to dance comfortably bc i love it and all the time and to stay in shape without futher destroying my body--basic activity is rough i think i have Cartlidge deterioration all in my shoulders and neck and upper back too, and it's feeling like my knee since I started dancing again six months ago as well... also does anyone fit an orthotic in their dance shoes? The custom ones are so expensive and the carbon plate i put under my othofeet generic orthotics it comes with cuts into my second toe bc none of the carbon fiber plates mortons extentsion plates they sell on amazon which the orthotic places (2 of them) candidly told me theyd buy and just glue to the bottom of a custom orthotic are not foot shaped theyre awkward and curve and cut into my second toe feels like its doing neeve damage and my second toe is all bruised up if i wear them all day so i just dont wear them :(

So I (27F) have been taking celebrex for 2-3 weeks now and I’ve been taking 200mg per day. That’s the only thing i changed about my diet/day during this time. I’ve been experiencing these weird side effects/symptoms that i can only associate to this medication. The symptoms being:

- sudden very shorts periods of raise in heart rate and very pinched heart pain for a second
- shortness of breath suddenly for a few mins
- rectal bleeding
- and unsettling feeling in my stomach and chest constantly cause of gas
- Insomnia some days

So i just wanted to post here and see if these in fact are actually the side effects of this medication that any others have experienced, or should I be worried about something else happening with me. I have an appointment scheduled with my doctor in three weeks during which i will definitely bring up all of this.

If these infact are side effects, what would make these better, would eating more fiber help? I haven’t found anything helpful on the internet yet. Thanks for replies/suggestions in advance :)

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies guys, went to the ER aftet the post as rectal bleeding increased. They referred me to a GI specialist and asked me to stop celebrex immediately. They say it could be hemmorioids or GI bleeding due to celebrex.

I have moderate osteoarthritis in my left STT joint. I currently work at an animal shelter and have been there for 2 years, but have worked in the animal care industry for many years and suspect some of that is what contributed to having osteoarthritis already.

I actually got my first cortisone injection today, but I know they’re not good to get multiple times. I’ve kind of accepted that I may need to find a new job because my current one is the main cause of my flare ups and I’m currently out of work for a couple of weeks due to that. I will likely be getting an interview for a 911 call taker position, but after talking to my mom about it, I’m feeling worried that it won’t be any better for my hand.

I’m just feeling a little lost I guess. I love the job I have now, it pays great and I was hoping to stay there for a while but can’t keep messing up my body. It’s hard enough finding a job without having restrictions on what kind of work I can do. I guess I’m wondering what has worked for others as far as employment if you have osteoarthritis specifically in your hand/wrist?

TIA!