Arthritis

[KiK]

My VA doctor says I have osteoarthritis and it's showing up in all those places I have damaged throughout my working career. So much for "walk it off" when those bumps and bruises and breaks happened back then. First...Meloxicam...swear it was a placebo...did absolutely nothing to help. Then Salsalate. S'posed to be much better. Nothing...no help at all. I think they're giving me sugar pills. Aleve does more but they advise against a lot of that because of liver damage over time. What's a guy (or gal) to do? Just grin, or wince, and bear it I guess?

[Mrs. Crappie Stalker]

My VA doctor says I have osteoarthritis and it's showing up in all those places I have damaged throughout my working career. So much for "walk it off" when those bumps and bruises and breaks happened back then. First...Meloxicam...swear it was a placebo...did absolutely nothing to help. Then Salsalate. S'posed to be much better. Nothing...no help at all. I think they're giving me sugar pills. Aleve does more but they advise against a lot of that because of liver damage over time. What's a guy (or gal) to do? Just grin, or wince, and bear it I guess?

The meloxicam helped for awhile, but now it does nothing. I'm taking Aleve, which does help some, but only at higher doses. Going to the doc in a few weeks and we're gonna have a talk. Some days my hands hurt so much I can't stand to touch them, much less try to grip anything.

I'll check on the turmeric, thanks trypman1.