Basal Joint Arthritis

Turmeric,cinnamon,honey,ginger,small amount of oil ,black pepper and milk. Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes. Couldn't see those pens in W H Smith Annie I'm afraid.

What's golden tea?

Just saw TMIAD and they were very impressed with turmeric when used in cooking. Although they mentioned that it appeared to need to be cooked with oil and heated to make it effective they didn't mention that it was important to add ground black pepper. The oil and the pepper seem to help the body absorb it. Good job I'm loving my morning cup of golden tea [although it is a bit of a palaver to make].

Going to watch it on catchup; no catchup oop north so need to cram a few programmes in tonight.

I don't think two weeks at Bamburgh counts, Tegan.
My husband used to drink turmeric tea a lot, and we used it in cooking. I still do. It was supposed to be good for stabilising blood sugar, but that didn't get a mention last night, but that wasn't what they were looking at.
Turmeric in food, not in a capsule, was what worked.

I have arthritis in my thumbs and my large toe joint My mum also had it in her hands and said once the knuckles became big they stopped hurting I think they become less mobile which relieves the pain as it s the bending that causes it I have been given shoe inner soles ( splint like) but they don't help at all as they make my foot that bit higher in the shoe which makes it press more on the shoe itself I ve been offered an op to pin the toe joint but I ve heard good and bad press so think I ll forego that for now

Well, the doctor reckons that my crooked finger isn't caused by Dupuytrans [although I do have that] but thinks it's a nerve problem so I've had some sort of nerve test done, been given two kinds of splint 'daytime and nightime'; lumpy thumb is arthritis so I've had that x rayed [worried the girl in x ray when I said I'd actually gone to the hospital about my other hand; she thought she'd x rayed the wrong one!] and been given a splint to wear permanently on that hand. In fact, everything they gave me I'd pretty much been doing and had already bought a brace for my thumb. Now going to try the Flexiseq; told the occupational therapist I'd guinea pig myself for the next few weeks so we could see if it worked. Can't get over how thorough they were at the hospital and how lucky we are to get that sort of treatment.And the S.O. said that on Trust Me I'm a Doctor last night they seemed to recommend turmeric, so I'm sticking with my golden tea drinks. Still think two weeks on a hot beach would be the best thing for me, though.

Thank you for your reply Anniebach

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We are a poor decrepit lot. I can hear us all creaking as we type. Goodnight.

Tricia, I bought mine on line in the UK where I lived at the time- and it was about £15- so not expensive. I bought a pair but gave the left hand to a friend.

Nanny, I manage to get thrm on OK, the first couple of times was strange , but now no,problem . They have calmed down the inflammation and pain, and are a godsend
For lifting things like kettles which I forgot to do yesterday !

granjura - that's what started off my right thumb. My Dr. prescribed a very strong thumb support, and that did the trick.
Just as well he prescribed it because they're very expensive to buy here.

Thinking back, it was probably started with over use of secators on thick strong stalks.

Ouch I feel for you. I had it really badly for years and years with my right thumb - and one day I realised it had just gone! No idea why and how. And never returned. Same happened with my left shoulder. I bought some of thos tight fingerless special gloves, and they helped at the time, as well as using diclofenac (Voltaren/rol) gel.

Bonne chance.

Anniebach I have looked at those thermoskin gloves are they easy to put on please?

Please Tegan, I scribble notes when working then can't read my writing

You can get ergonomically designed pens; I bought them for everyone I know a few years ago [no one was impressed though, and they were the only pens at worked that never got nicked]. They were designed at Loughborough University I believe. I'll look in W H Smiths and see if they still sell them.

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.

What is difficult is using a pen

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.

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 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.

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'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