by Arthritis NZ | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Two days ago I felt on top of the world. I had lots of energy, my pain levels were very low and I had just completed a half marathon with no negative after effects. I was quietly confident that the new medication I started three months ago was having a positive...
by Arthritis NZ | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
“At 17 months old I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Now at 23 years of age I have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A handful of my joints are also affected by osteoarthritis (OA). “Arthritis New Zealand supported me from an early age and in 2008 I...
by Arthritis NZ | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Arthritis is not just an old person’s disease. Half the 624,000 Kiwis with arthritis are of working age and around one in 1000 children has arthritis. Jacob Toresen was one of them. He was just like any other active, sports-mad Kiwi kid when he was diagnosed with...
by Arthritis NZ | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Kylie “I was diagnosed in my mid-20s with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I’m now in my mid 40s. I have a job where I do a great deal of physical work with my hands in a creative industry,  and so I was initially upset and devastated with the diagnosis, thinking, “what on...
by Arthritis NZ | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Owen Owen, 87, has osteoarthritis, and has had it most of his life.When Owen contacted our Arthritis Educator, he was living in considerable pain, made worse when he pushed his walker as he followed what he understood to be his GP’s advice. He was using Panadol, but...
by Arthritis NZ | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s amazing the small things in life that most people take for granted, like simply getting out of bed after a good night’s sleep. Or the jump-up-quickly-because-you-are-late spring that happens and the quick race to get ready for the day. Not the shuffle, roll and...
