god i'm aching tonight

   painkillers need to kick out soon!!!

That's horrible Steve! The heat doesn't help either! Hope your feelin better soon x

Hope your feeling better soon

Hope your feeling better today

Hope you feel lots better today:) 

Its Friday, have a beer! Its the answer to everything for me

I may even have a beer tonight....in celebration of your weekend janey :-) happy Friday to you xxx

How's the aching now Steve?

it was about 3am before they kill in enough to get me to sleep

Kick in quicker with alcohol  

Cheers Saz we may have popped to the pub also ..........Happy Friday me.

i'm not drinking anymore and see if this aching down to drinking

What painkillers have you got?

co codamol

Can you not go back and get something stronger? Or an anti inflammatory too?

if tonight anything like last night i be going back in the morning, i thought i was getting a bit better before the weekend becasue of the sun i drunk about 30 cans over the weekend  i wonder if it's the beer

Steve wrote:co codamol

If you have had them for a while you might need something a wee bit stronger like Tramadol . I reckon you can become immune after a while.

It's could be something in the beer causing it, I've a friend with gout who's T-total because it makes it more painful

it's not my joints it's my bones

  Beer contains purine, quote-->once you have to deal with arthritis, it is unanimously advised to limit beer consumption to the minimum, avoid it altogether if you possibly can. In your case the choice would be between stopping drinking beer or continuing to suffer from pain

can you get arthritis in your bones? i thought you only get it in the joints

May be worth trying not to drink and see if it helps  

Perhaps--->Information on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options of bone pain and tenderness. Bone pain is not the same as joint pain or muscle pain. Bone pain can be caused from injuries, arthritic conditions or other more serious reasons. Seek out prompt medical attention for correct diagnosis and proper treatment whenever you experience bone pain and tenderness.

So sorry to hear that you're aching tonight Steve.

co-codomal is pretty good at pain relief, but the body does tend to get used to it if it is used often.

Is it just your bones (presumably the long bones in your legs/arms) and not the joints at all? In the olden days these were often called "growing pains" - but I guess you've stopped growing! What does your doctor advise?

If I'm prying too much I apologise and just tell me to butt out!  

Well I would be going back and demanding to see a specialist or a second opinion. It seems its gone on too long now and sometimes you have to be pushy with these things. But I don't think alcohol helps.

it's from the shoulder to my tips of my finger, from my bum to my tips of my toes, he doesn't have clue i been for 3 blood tests and the last time he come across like he never saw me before

  is there not another doc in the surgery you can see?

Steve wrote:it's from the shoulder to my tips of my finger, from my bum to my tips of my toes, he doesn't have clue i been for 3 blood tests and the last time he come around like he ever saw me before

Pretty much all over then, apart from you back (be grateful for small mercies). Has rheumatoid arthritis been ruled out?

he said the blood didn't come back that show arthritis dont ask me how they know that from blood i thought it was x-ray

Bloods can shows certain kinds of arthritis, but X-rays show osteoarthritis!!!

i hope i dont have full blow arthritis at the age of 31

Blood test can show rheumatoid arthritis ( a marker will show up). As Darcy May says you may need x ray. I've just had one on my hands as didn't have rheumatoid marker in blood test, just waiting on result  

Chiara wrote:Blood test can show rheumatoid arthritis ( a marker will show up). As Darcy May says you may need x ray. I've just had one on my hands as didn't have rheumatoid marker in blood test, just waiting on result  

Spot on Claire I've got the RA marker which shows in my blood

Darcy-may wrote:

Chiara wrote:Blood test can show rheumatoid arthritis ( a marker will show up). As Darcy May says you may need x ray. I've just had one on my hands as didn't have rheumatoid marker in blood test, just waiting on result  

Spot on Claire I've got the RA marker which shows in my blood

Poor you:( 

Big for you both

  Steve get back that docs tomoz tell him the drugs don't work!

they drive me nuts they just dont care anymore i hate going my mum always see my old doctor who retired like 15 year agon he was the best doctor i have ever had and he still asks about me, doctors todays aren't like that

No there not Steve, your lucky if they've read your notes these days

our health care and teaching is going down the pan

They are getting worse, I had an appointment at the hospital and waited an hour and 1/2 before I went in

what an nightmare

I know and I find sitting really heard

It's 2013 for heavens sake we should be treated fairly and cured !

i know they get billions  

As Hayley says, RA can be detected by bloods (and she should know). Osteo-arthritis can be detected by x-rays, but as far as I aware this only affects joints (and I should know!  )

Problems in the lower spine can certainly affect the sciatic nerve (bum to toes) and I would imagine by the same problem higher up in the spine could affect the nerve from shoulder to fingers.

Steve, go back to your doctor, please, and don't be afraid to pester as severe bone pain such as you describe should not be pooh-poohed off. You can't live on pain-killers!

((((Hugs)))))

Have you tried taking ibuprofen with the co codamol? Maybe take it in between to ease break through pain.

Have you been to the docs Steve?

not today saz i was alright last night i think it the beer i think i may have to pack up for an while and see if it that

Oh right, yes it's worth a try if it's causing you that much pain  

Hey I agree with Lynda on this one, it does sound like a trapped nerve. However could be inflamed????? Just a thought, Devil Claw is good for that. Try seeing an osteopath for those kind of problems, yes they cost, but trust me, thats where docs are rubbish at this you see. I have suffered from a lower back problem, where it was pure hell to just walk, now I run, jump the lot.