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“Employers don’t always understand the flexibility you need having a condition such as inflammatory arthritis that waxes and wanes.”
Sophie, a 39 year old single parent, works in Customer Services in IT and has inflammatory arthritis. She explains that having boundaries and not trying to “do it all” are key components in managing her arthritis.
I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis when I was 22. I’d been to the doctors (including physios, chiropractors, and osteopaths) complaining of back pain since I was 15, so it took a long while to get a diagnosis. At the time, I was going through a very stressful period, studying for both
My story began when I was at university at the age of just 19, after I woke up one morning with an inflamed red left eye. At first I just assumed it wasn’t anything serious, but it quickly became very painful and I realised it needed to be looked at. I was seen by a
I first developed signs of psoriatic arthritis when I was 34. I wasn’t living a very healthy lifestyle at the time – I was working long, stressful hours in the heart of London, and my body was always running on adrenaline and stress. I thought that was the normal thing for someone in their
Having experienced symptoms since I was 13, it was a relief to finally get a diagnosis of fibromyalgia (an MSK condition) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome aged 18. I was prescribed medication to help reduce my symptoms but I struggled to find further support and guidance. It felt like I’d been left to manage my conditions on
