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Vacc is scheduled

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 11 May 21

Got my email today to schedule my vaccination. My husband didn't get one. He is an essential worker (manufacturer, beginning process for making syringes). He is six months younger than me. We are currently the same age. But, I...

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well for those who remember that i posted about getting cortisone shots...

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 28 Jun 07

other than the major pain they inflicted, they did little else (maybe slight relief for a day or so)... well i went back to the surgeon and he is now (finally!!! YAY!) sending me to a rhuematologist and if he cannot help me,...

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had my cortisone shots in both my knees today and now they kill...

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 30 May 07

i am wondering how long the inital pain will last, how long the supposed 'relief' will last, what the long term effects of cortisone are, has anyone ever had it done more than once? what is the limit of shots they will...

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Cortisone shots

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 4 May 07

I went to the surgeon today for my very arthritic knees (i was hit by a car in 1990 and am in major pain) and the dr suggested cortisone shots...Do they help? Do they hurt alot to get? How long does the effects last? Should i take...

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Is Osteo Artritis Hereditary?

earnmore2007 @earnmore2007 (7) • India 28 Apr 07

My mother suffered from acute osteo arthritis. Both her knees became afftected, first right and then left. Pain started at the age of 65 and she became almost invalid at the age of 76. She refused to undergo an operation. An...

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help! i am having a hard time coping with osteo arthritis

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 9 Feb 07

i have been diagnosed with the beginnings of o/e in my knees and find them quite painful... here in Ontario (Canada) you can't even be seen by a specialist without an MRI, so i am waiting for my mri appt... i walk with a cane on...

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