Basal Joint Arthritis

Same for me Tegan, both hands , dropped the kettle this morning when making a mug of tea. Am desperate to find a machine to clean the floors . I have gloves , had them from Amazon, sorry cannot recall the company, they are black with red thermal lining , i will look and get back here

Thermoskin Tegan from Amazon

Thanks Annie.

I have good days and bad days, but the bad days are getting more frequent.

I've just bought one of those instant hot water things which you pop your cup under and get boiling water in 45 secs. It's for no other reason than quickness (laziness!) but wondered if it might be useful/more safe for those of you with problems with hands/fingers.

Great; have ordered a thumb support from them which will, hopefully stop me aggravating the joint. Going away for a couple of weeks and have told the S.O. that I'm doing NOTHING but chill out. Putting lots of ibuprofen gel onto the joint and drinking turmeric tea [might not help but tastes lovely!]. It's funny how you can google something and not come up with the site that you need.

Ooooh what are those Katek, dropping the kettle this morning did rather frighten me

Company was healthandcare.co.uk; can't believe I'm at the stage where I'm having to buy things from companies like that .

Would it be better to heat the water in a microwave Annie? Or, perhaps, get a small travel kettle?

Tegan, I did tell my GP it was RSI, she smiled sweetly and said - no age related arthritis . I am sticking with RSI when asked on opening the door with the gloves on - what have you done to your hands

I'm at the hand clinic about my Dupuytrans on Friday so it'll be interesting to see what they say about the thumb joint. Unless, of course they won't look at it as it's a different problem. We have one of the best hand clinics in the country in Derby so I'm quite lucky in that respect. I did a lot of painting/decorating earlier this year, and then, recently, I've been working out at the gym a lot. I wonder if using the weights etc has done this to my hand. So much for getting fit, eh . If I'd worn protective gloves more it might not have happened#annoyedwithmyself

Have a look at this anniebach
www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4230429.htm

Lots of manufacturers/models on the market.

Wow; what a great idea. I'm terrible for overfilling the kettle so it would save energy.

I will buy one, fearful of the kettle dropping out of my hand again , thank you

Both hands - sorry nothing seems to help, joints getting knobblier and knobblier! Never mind there are worse things.

Mine were dreadful last summer but touch wood not too bad now. I have had times when I could not open the car boot with my thumbs.
Have any of you tried Flexiseq a product that is supposed to "lubricate" arthritic joints. It's not a medicine Arthritis UK have been promoting it it seems to help.
www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis-information/complementary-and-alternative-medicines/cam-report/complem

I'll check that out at Boots tomorrow. I have to be careful not to use anything with collagen in as it can make the Dupuytrans worse.

I'm interested in following this thread because I've been having trouble with both my hands. It started about 18 months ago in my left hand, with numbness and tingling which I thought might be carpal tunnel syndrome. Then more recently, after I stopped taking steroids for PMR, the numbness got worse and in my right hand I started to get arthritic pain in my thumb and ring finger. The right hand also developed numbness and tingling, just like the left hand. Now I have pain in both hands - more my right than my left - in the joints of my fingers and in the pads at the base of the thumbs, also in the opposite bottom corner of my hand, i.e below my little finger, just above the wrist.
My GP ordered a range of blood tests including for rheumatology. I'm also to have X-rays on my hands and feet next week, and then back to see him. He is considering a possible link with psoriasis - psoriatic arthritis, which I'm seriously hoping is not the case.
I too have been dropping things - when making a cake recently I dropped the mixing bowl twice as I tried to transfer the mixture to the cake tin. Thankfully, it landed plum on top of the cake tin each time, haha!
I've already had to give up knitting and crochet, much to my frustration. I'm praying it doesn't get to the point where I can no longer sew

My mum had to give up knitting when she was about my age but I never asked her why; I wish I knew now. I hadn't realised that so many things can go wrong with our hands. We were at a wedding a couple of weeks ago and I showed the S.O. the lump at the base of my hand and he was horrified; mind you, it didn't hurt then..it does now though. He always says he doesn't feel old; we're both the same age and I'm sure that arthritis makes you 'feel' older than you are. Plus the fact that you can SEE it as well. My problem is that I always go worst case scenario with everything and that makes the problem worse. I read somewhere [or was it mentioned on Trust Me I'm a Doctor?] that one of the problems with pain is the worry about what it is and whether it will get worse, which makes manageable pain unmanageable [does that make sense?].If I do something like drinking Turmeric tea it makes me feel better because I'm doing 'something'. Placebo's were invented for me I think!Now going to google Tiger Balm, which I bought the other day....

I hardly dare write this (tempting providence) but I have a few of these arthritic hand joints, and find that once they have sort of crystalised into nobbles the pain stops.
But everyone is different.
I have some in my feet too. For the most painful my doctor gave me a cortisone injection, which worked TG. I don't know if they would do that for the hand.

The one thing I definitely won't have is an injection. Again it can aggravate Dupuytrens, possibly damage a nerve if done badly and only offers temporary relief. What I really want is to lie on a hot beach for two weeks soaking up the sun; I just know that would help.

I have basal joint arthritis in both hands and had a trapeziectomy four weeks ago in my left hand. I'm recovering well and, although I know it may be a while before my thumb is back to 'normal' - lots of physio involved - I'm looking forward to getting back to knitting and crochet without pain.

Injections, although painful to have, worked well for me. However, there comes a time when the beneficial effects only last 2 or 3 months, before the pain is back again. That is why I decided to have the surgery. I may well have my other hand operated on next year.

What is difficult is using a pen

Complete Care shop have a good range of aids for people with hand/wrist problems,kettle tippers,cutlery,supports,etc.I bought a NeoG wrist support from them,which helps a lot with my right wrist and hand.I have arthritis and osteoporosis and the bones in this wrist are very brittle.The support helps ease the pain and keeps my wrist more stable when lifting full cups,etc.