osteoarthritis

[jpurple]

I've had mri's of my spine and shows osteoarthritis with bone spurs in cervical thoracic and lumbar.  This was done in 2007 (i was 35), now i have this horrible tendonitis in both wrists and i'm on prednisone.  Could this be related to the arthritis?  i'm seeing an ortho but he doesn't know about the osteoarthritis (i was just rereading my reports and it jumped out at me).   What should i expect with this diagnosis?  I have terrible neck pain and headaches and numbness on left side of body.  I also have chiari malformation, ibs (surgery), asthma (pneumonia x1), and sinusitis (prior surgery). Should i see a rheumatologist?

[JanPalmer]

Stop taking steroids, specifically prednisone. I was misdiagnosed with RA and fibromyalgia in 2010 and suffered nearly 7 years with drugs I never needed. The first year on prednisone, I developed DVT in both legs. My tendons in wrists, thumbs and lower legs were destroyed from it and now my feet have gone flat and my ankles are falling in. I struggled with vertigo, several bouts of pneumonia and TB from compromised immune system. At about the 4 year mark, I developed osteoarthritis and osteopenia which I never had previously. I also had hypothyroid and 5 nodules on thyroid. At 7 years, I sought a couple of second opinions and both doctors reported no RA or fibromyalgia. It is BS that it is wear and tear arthritis. Doctors don’t either want you to know the truth or they don’t know themselves but the drugs and the rotten fast food and processed foods we consume are causing disease and destroying metabolic processes especially endocrine system which is causing many thyroid disorders. Our diet is driven by profiteers and it’s also caused a 5000% increase in type 2 diabetes since the 1970s. Stop eating crap and buy pasture raised meats, dairy and butter. Cut back on fruit as it has too much sugar and sugar in any form is an enemy of your gut. Organic non-GMO fresh vegetables only. No vegetable oils, no corn oil and no soy or safflower oil or canola. Use unrefined extra virgin cold-pressed oils such as coconut, olive, walnut or avocado. Increase your good fats and proteins and keep carbs under 20-25 or your going to be sick all the time. Filter your water even if you already buy purified water. Get a Zerowater system minimally. Don’t use aluminum foil unless you wrap the food in parchment paper first. There is a  link between aluminum foil and Alzheimer’s and other dementia related diseases. Then find a doctor who doesn’t want to pump you full of pharmaceuticals that are making the Wall Street barons rich on your ignorance and unfortunate circumstances and your lack of knowledge of how dangerous those drugs are. We are a commodity to those people. Wake up, please. Today I am finally off all meds and eating right. Lost 60 pounds this year eating what my body needs not what advertising tells me I need. I’m 63.

[4Maddie44]

I have osteoarthritis in my back and hips.  The physiotherapist has given me exercises to help with the pain.  Best thing is to keep active, if you can.

Hopefully the ortho will help, and a rheumatologist, like I have seen, will help you cope with the arthritis.