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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2006Introduction
I've recently started reading newsgroups again and thought I'd better introduce myself. I'm Dave, I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and hands. My wrists and hands are so bad that I'm currently signed-off and receiving IB (Invalidity Benefit to those not in the UK). I also get DLA, which provides me with a car, but precious little else. I'm having a debate with them about my care component at the moment. Before my hands got so bad I was a freelance IT Consultant. Now I can't type for more than a few minutes because my hands hurt so much. I do use voice input on my Mac (iListen), but that doesn't work very well - it tends to crash every time I do corrections. Worse it brings down the application I'm dictating into more often than not. Yes, the iListen support team are looking into it, but they don't seem to be getting very far, either. So, greetings to everyone. Because of my hands I'm afraid I'm going to have to lurk rather than be a frequent poster, but I'll be here, for the foreseeable future, it seems. Cheers for now, Dave > I've recently started reading newsgroups again and thought I'd better > introduce myself. I'm Dave, I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Dave Welcome Dave. I have OA in every joint, most of which have been replaced in the new body shop lol. There's a lot of lurkers here, me included. Feel free to ask any questions in this group, but we all suffer from RL (real life) and get too busy. Sorry, can't help you with any queries re Mac and iListen, but others might use it. Splodge Dave, sorry you need to be here, but welcome. You can learn a lot just lurking. Post when you are able to do so. Gwen > I've recently started reading newsgroups again and thought I'd better > introduce myself. I'm Dave, I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Dave Greetings Dave and welcome, I too have arthritis (PA) in my feet, knees, wrists, and fingers. Like you my career is in the IT world. I understand your frustration. Expically when you're so dependant on your hands to do your job and bring home the bacon. Are there any treatments available to you? I'm trying Enbrel and pray that it works. > I've recently started reading newsgroups again and thought I'd better > introduce myself. I'm Dave, I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Dave Hello Dave...I have OA in my hips and a bit in my spine..and have allways thought that was by far the most common joint's for OA .. you say "I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and hands." ..not hips ?? Are you sure it is OA rather than RA ?? HWB @@@@ > you say "I suffer from OA in my knees, wrists and hands." ..not hips ?? > Are you sure it is OA rather than RA ?? Let me just say that the specialist I saw when I first developed trouble with my hands was very certain that this was OA. I had feared I was developing RA, so, in some ways, it was a relief. Nat that it helped with the pain, or the disability, but still ... Cheers, Dave Welcome, Dave! I'm sorry you have so much cause to be here, though. Your wrists and hands sound especially painful and it must be so frustrating for a former IT consultant! Is there any possibility that they might be able to make you less uncomfortable with surgery? I know some people ahve had wrist replacements, though one must be careful with them. I'm a Mac person, but can't help you any with iListen. I've had times when I considered similar software, but have speak defects I fear would really complicate things. I hope the support team can figure it out for you. We have an author here who once wrote an entire novel using Dragon on her PC. There is a classic example of it typing a far different sentence than she spoke - quite funny. I don't have it handy right now, but I bet someone will find it and post it........  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Is there any possibility that they might be able to > make you less uncomfortable with surgery? Well, nobody's ever suggested they operate on my hands yet. There is a chance of an op on my knee - if I can lose a lot of weight. > We have an author here who once wrote an entire novel using Dragon on her PC. > There is a classic example of it typing a far different sentence than she > spoke - quite funny. I can imagine - I've used Dragon in the past (when I was working) and both it and iListen give me some howlers from time to time! Cheers for now, Dave |
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