Another long overdue introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi, my name is Fiona and i'm 31. I live in York, England and was

diagnosed with RA in 1990. I have ha a total left knee replacement

done and am also being considered for a right hip replacement. I'm

on Piroxicam and Azathioprine with co-codamol and Tramadol for pain.

If anybody knows anything about hip replacements - especially in

younger people - or has had one done, i would love to talk to you as

i am very apprehensive about it and not at all sure whether to have

it done now or try and wait a bit. Any advice would be welcome.

Fiona

[Guest guest]

Another web site I follow has a joint replacement board as well as many other boards. You might give it a try. http://boards.webmd.com/topic.asp?topic_id=1131 Good luck and God bless.

----- Original Message -----

From: Fiona

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:26 AM

Subject: Another long overdue introduction

Hi, my name is Fiona and i'm 31. I live in York, England and was diagnosed with RA in 1990. I have ha a total left knee replacement done and am also being considered for a right hip replacement. I'm on Piroxicam and Azathioprine with co-codamol and Tramadol for pain.If anybody knows anything about hip replacements - especially in younger people - or has had one done, i would love to talk to you as i am very apprehensive about it and not at all sure whether to have it done now or try and wait a bit. Any advice would be welcome.Fiona