I'm on the waiting list to see a knee surgeon as I have bone fragments and torn cartilage floating around in my knee which keep getting stuck
I had an MRI which showed I had arthritis in the whole joint and behind my kneecap there's no cartilage left at all.
I went back to my GP last week as since the MRI I've started having pain in my thumb joints, big toes, cramping in my hands and hideous tendinitis at the back of my ankle.
She sent me for X-Ray's and blood tests which showed I had arthritis in the joints and very low vitamin D levels
I've been given very high dose vitamin D supplements to take (once a week for the next three months) and naproxen as ibuprofen wasn't touching the pain.
The GP said that the arthritis was flaring and it should settle down in a while but would probably flare up again in the future
What can I do to minimise this and is there any way of predicting flare ups? I'm early 50s, perimenopausal, vegetarian, healthy weight and normally pretty active (I cycle and have a very energetic dog).
The pain has been getting me down as I can't get comfortable especially at night and I've been feeling very low and close to tears much of the time
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Arthritis and Vit D deficiency
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Noitsnotteatimeyet · 21/06/2016 21:36
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