Help for advice

黛安

Hi

New to here

I have osteoarthritis in both feet and hands

I find it painful to walk yet I caint use stick ect as my hands hurt and my fingers lock

I'm really frightened incase I fall and due to this I frightened to go out

我确实尝试过超市购物，但沿着一个小岛跌落了一半，然后我的脚痛苦地踢了我努力下车

Without my shopping

Really don't know what to do

Thank you in advance

Shell_H

Hi@diane- welcome to the online community!

You need help with being able to go out - like shopping - but you're osteoarthritis in your feet and hands means that moving is difficult and often makes it scary and unsafe to go out on your own - you can get stuck.

A lot of shopping centres or supermarkets may have publically available motorised wheelchairs which you may be able to use. When the weather is better some attractions, may also have these. You should be able to contact the place you are going in advance - supermarket included - to check what is available and arrange for it to be ready for you. This is the simplest short term solution.

您还应该与医生联系。他们应该能够帮助您减轻痛苦，并就您可以做什么提供建议。如果他们认为您需要它，那么您可能能够获得财政支持，以获得移动性踏板车或自己的类似。您还可以转介到疼痛诊所（以提供更多的专家帮助您的疼痛）和一名物理治疗师 - 谁应该能够为您提供更好，更个性化的建议，以提供有关移动性以及可能有助于您的移动性的可能治疗方法和锻炼。

There are some exercises (targeted) which you could try out to see if they help. They should help you manage the pain and strengthen your muscles around your feet and hands, which in turn takes the strain off the joint, making it easier for you. however, make sure you don't exercise more than you can, and if it hurts stop and look after yourself. The exercises should help you - not make it worse.

//www.wfysxh.com/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-to-manage-pain/

Definitely go back to your doctors and get more help, I think that's the best advice I have.

Take a look around the forum and website, see if you can find other discussions which might help you, and please do join in. The community members are friendly and helpful.

It's lovely to meet you,

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黛安

Thank you

I have a physiology and do home excersie at moment

我的医生改变了我的药物，我已经在这四个星期里了

I'm just frightened to go out

Feeling embarrassed

People looking at me ect

I just don't know what way to turn for help

I've had steroid injection but they didn't work for me

I'm very greatful for your advice and caint thank you enough to promp me in the right direction

Mike1

I cannot grip crutch handles either so I have a pair of Cooper crutches which grip around my forearms, they have the ergonomic grips but as they are gripped around my forearms I only have to rest my palms on the soft rubber grips. So far as I know they are not available from the NHS but are well worth purchasing.

黛安

Wow

They sound amazing

Thank you

我真的需要找出接下来的人，以便从中获得设备以及如何

Mike1

I have sent you a message petal.

frogmorton

您的GP可以将您转介给Physio进行步行辅助工具@diane我不喜欢你的声音，感觉你会跌倒。

Not only are there the type of crutches Mike mentions,

but 'gutter' crutches might be suitable if your hands are really sore.

一个您可以俯身肘部以从手上脱下压力，而前臂的另一个类型会承受很多体重。

Not sensible just to buy these you need to ask your GP to refer you so you get the right kind. It may be the physio has better ideas for you than our own experience.

As Shell says you can also hire/borrow scooters in supermarkets and larger shopping centres so shouldn't let this stop you going out.

Now do come along and join in the forum and chat to us all. Is that a puss I see on your avatar? We have a 'pets corner' you might be interested?

As many of us use a photo of our pet as our account photo I thought that it may be a nice idea of setting up a Pets' Corner to put larger photos up, photos of them doing something daft, accounts of things that they do, how they support us and so forth. Vixen is the third cat that I have had since leaving the RAF in 1988. My first was called Arnie but he disappeared when my ex-wife moved in with me, I found him elsewhere in the village and brought him home several times but on each occasion he legged it again, if only I had known then what I was later to discover I would have legged it with him! Fluffy was my next cat and she passed away 4 years ago which drastically affected me, more so than my parents passing. I went spiralling downwards until friends presented me with Vixen, initially I was told that she was a boy so I called her Vulcan, that was until I took her to the Vets for her first check up, on chatting to the Vet he announced that he was a she and it was the quickest gender realignment he had ever done! Living alone and virtually housebound (especially now), I would not be without her. I have the names of all 3 cats tattooed on my arm beneath a picture of a Sabre-toothed tiger. <\/p>

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Take care

黛安

Bless you

Thank you so much for responding

I'm just feeling so down with life

I've got a physio who does telephone calls for excersie but that's it

Feel as if I'm stuck at home alone

I know many people are worse off

But I do appreciate any help and advice

Airwave!

I use the upright sticks people use for walking fast, they’re held at a different angle. Some shaped and supportive insoles would help you ask for an appointment with the pediatrist.

人们看着所有人，当心偏执狂。我怀疑大多数人是否可以告诉您他们在30秒后的样子。

诚实，这是一个笑容！

黛安

Thank you for your feedback

我现在正在研究几件事

So fingers crossed and I be up and running

Wish was up and running thoe lol