Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Hi and welcome from a fellow Scot. I am from Greenock. I am a bit older though at 47.I'm sorry but I don't know of any p/a groups even in my area. It might be worth doing a search on the Internet (You have probably already done this) I think someone in this area started a group for P sufferers two or three years back but i've never heard anything for PA sufferers. You should be able to find plenty of people in this group around your age. They are a great bunch of people as you will find out with all the welcome replies you get. Are you attending a Rheumatologist? What kind of meds are you on? You will get plenty of good advice from people here who either have years of personal experience to draw from, have a good medical knowledge or both. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 dear kelly, i'm on the west coast of british columbia, canada - so obviously can't help you - i'm simply writing to give you a cyber hug... keep your chin up kelly, and don't give up - i know there is at least one individual on this board who is from scotland, and another, although not from scotland is around the same age as you... the wonderful thing about this board is that even though we may not be able to get together in person, we are together on this board and it is a terrific support system, sounding board, venting place, sharing place, and we are all in the same 'boat' with this disease. so although we may feel totally alone and dealing with this disease in our personal lives, off board, it doesn't matter where we are, we have this link that brings us all together to share and feel less alone. gentle hugs kelly, take care, love, karen > > > hi everyone...is there anyone in the group from > scotland? and does anyone know if there is a support > group for people with p/a in my area.,.im 28 and from > airdrie in scotland and finding it quite hard these > days ,,,dont see any light at the end of the > tunnel..would like to get in contact with people my > age with p/a ,,,maybe make me feel a wee bit better xx > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hi , Well, hopefully your Rheumy will be able to do something for you. I have been on MTX for about three years now and at the highest dose recently with no problems but they added Ciclosporin about nine months ago and that has been causing problems with nausea. When you see your Rheumy maybe you could ask about the possibility about going on to one of the Biologics (Enbrel?) I reckon I will get my first injection of that this afternoon. Due to the cost of it to the NHS (£10,000 per person per year) They have got to prove though, that you have not responded to the other drugs so I don't know how you would stand with that. worth asking anyway. It's a pity Gold didn't work for you. I was on that for 10 years before it stopped working. Pity, I felt a million dollars when I was on it. (Get it?.............Gold?.................million dollars?....... sorry, that was a bad one. lol) Hope you get somewhere when you see him. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hi I am from Scotland and not too far from you in Motherwell. I am 35 so I'm a wee bit older than you. I don't know of any support groups locally specific to psoriatic arthritis. There is PSALV (Psoriasis Scotland Arthritis Link Volunteers) but I think it may be more of a charity than a support group and its based in Lothian. I can get you the website if you like. What hospital are you attending and which rheumatologist are you seeing? Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 hi jakie_d ,,,,i attend the monklands hospital and im under dr munroe...would appreciate if you could get me the web address im actually closer than airdrie im in chapelhall ,,,no too far from u..when i go out...its usually motherwell minors i goto...Do you have p/a ? __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 but the important thing to realise with this group is > that as a whole it can bring so much information and joy to you, that > sometimes your glad you have this disease because you have met such a > wonderful group of people. ( I know that sounds insane, and it probably is > but I really do believe that) > > Micky > dear micky, good friend of mine... how did you, at such a young age, become so wise.... that was so very well said and i would like to second it - word for word. love, karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 > Hi , I live up in the north east of scotland (the really cold bit) peterhead. I only look in to the board every few weeks just to keep up to date and to see if anything new is happening, Ive had P.A for nearly two years but seem to have things under control just. I travel to Aberdeen for my reumy, there not a bad bunch and theres a nurse there that you can phone at any time to enquire or talk. take care from Carol. > >> > > > > > > hi everyone...is there anyone in the group from > > scotland? and does anyone know if there is a > support > > group for people with p/a in my area.,.im 28 and > from > > airdrie in scotland and finding it quite hard > these > > days ,,,dont see any light at the end of the > > tunnel..would like to get in contact with people > my > > age with p/a ,,,maybe make me feel a wee bit > better xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Hi Sorry to take so long to reply to you - been exhausted with all the Christmas stuff. Yes I have PA & P and am on mtx, remicade, arcoxia, co-proxamol and folic acid. I go to Wishaw General. The website is www.psoriasisscotland.org.uk Jackie > > > hi jakie_d ,,,,i attend the monklands hospital and im > under dr munroe...would appreciate if you could get me > the web address im actually closer than airdrie im in > chapelhall ,,,no too far from u..when i go out...its > usually motherwell minors i goto...Do you have p/a ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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