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My target 60000 Steps
My donations could fund...
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helpline calls
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2
hours of research
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2
people attend a self-management course
Why I'm walking to World Arthritis Day
I am raising money for Versus Arthritis by taking on Walk to World Arthritis Day.
This is my own personal challenge to support the lives of those living with arthritis in the UK. Versus Arthritis won’t rest until everyone with arthritis has access to the treatments and support they need to live the life they choose, with real hope of a cure in the future.
Your donations will fund world class research, high quality services and campaigns that matter most to people with arthritis.
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My story
Wednesday 28th Aug At the start of 2023 in January I woke up one morning and noticed my knee was incredibly swollen... rang the doctors to be given some exercises to do for a week before going in to see the doctor.The week passed, could I do the exercises? Nope I was in so much pain it hurt, I had my appointment and was told I had torn my ligament so I thought okay it's gonna heal? Yes I was given physio but even them moving my knee hurt! He wanted me to have a scan cause he didn't know what to do for me.
A month or so passed but knee still swollen so rang doctors again and got an appointment, doctor said I've got lots of fluid round my knee and said its not a torn ligament it's my cartilage this was a different doctor to who I saw previously. This time a scan was needed!
Got my call for my mri scan and had it but needed to wait 2 weeks before I knew the results. At this point I'm still in pain my knee keeps giving way I can sometimes hardly walk, getting up stairs isn't easy I'm wearing a knee support all day.
2 weeks passed and I hadn't heard anything so I rang the doctors to ask about the results, the receptionist tells me oh yeah it says you have fluid on the knee and early arthritis! 2 weeks before my birthday what a bummer.
Now I'm 9/10 months in the year, my knee is still swollen I can tell its fluid but my god its still painful... yes a knee support helps but do I want to live in a knee support? Not really, I've done my own research and bought myself a tens machine for my knee and it helps but as the weather now is turning I've got a heat knee support just to keep it warm as I have found either having it warm or cold with an ice pack helps.
I can feel my knee grinding and can tell when it's about to give way, luckily it's not given way for a while (touch wood!) But I can definitely feel it grinding. Maybe soon the doctors will listen to me and know that it's hurting and I'm NOT TOO YOUNG to work out what's best for me.
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