I've got osteoarthritis, and I was just thinking about the flares yesterday when driving. My last car was an automatic due to dodgy knees and previously at work I required touch pad instead of mouse due to a dodgy elbow. Yet I'm now happily driving a manual transmission and using a mouse
. At the moment I'm not even needing my stick
Mine's (PsA) being a right bastard to me at the moment. I'm basically immobile due to it affecting my right sacroiliac joint at present, so even with the enforced rest from The Plague that's meant my ankle/Achilles Tendon/Plantar Fascia is OK, I've got pain in my lower back and hip and my hands and feet all feel incredibly tight and restricted.
Mr Dragon spent ages last night battering the crap out of my hands to try and get them moving again (it's a BOGOF offer, I needed help to get emollient on for the Psoriasis side, he threw in the massage) and the middle joints are only slightly less painful than they were yesterday. I was going to have my biologics changed three months ago to something fancier than Humira, but, you know, plague, means I won't see anybody for the foreseeable future and I can't get a steroid shot to keep me ticking over, either. (I'm allergic to
pain, NSAIDs, Tramadol, etc, so I've only got paracetamol and non drug things). The tightness in my hands is probably the worst bit, as I can feel the range of movement dropping down despite regular stretching through the day.
It's all terribly inconvenient if you ask me.