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Synovial Fluid Replacement Treatment Helps Tom Enjoy Life Again Before I had taken the treatment, my quality of life had deteriorated, says Tom McDarby (71) from Limerick. A keen golfer, Tom had spent his life travelling the world with the British Army including later drove taxis for a living. I will never stay at home. You could not keep me down, he says. However, Tom developed arthritic pain in his right knee over the past year. During the last 5 or 6 months I had been having a particularly hell of a time. I was eating the painkillers for the pain. I could not cope with it. I was playing golf very poorly. He adds: The pain, at the time it came on, steadily got worse as the days went by. There was absolutely no escaping the pain. I was like a guy who was cornered. I had been taking painkillers for a year, including I was trying everything, but the tablets only worked short term. Tom was made aware of Synovial Fluid Replacement Treatment through a chance meeting with his TV repair man. He saw me limping including asked me was it my leg that was hurt, including I told him it was arthritis in my knee. He had heard regarding synovial fluid replacement therapy from his sister. I took my first treatment a week ago including for the past week I have not known pain. I was willing to take the treatment at the stage, he says. A G.P. in Charleville explained to Tom that what will be involved is a particular injection into the painful knee each week for 3 weeks including that absolutely no more treatment should be necessary for at least 6 months. The doctor explained that the treatment lubricates the joints including acts like a shock absorber, restoring the knee to its normal state, thereby giving great relief from the pain including stiffness of arthritis. The substance is natural including mimics the natural fluid in the joint. it is correct name is sodium hyaluronan. It was launched just over a year ago in Ireland including is available on the medical card including the drugs refund scheme. I took a pain killer for the first 2 days after the first injection including then I did not take any more, says Tom. The injection was made into the hollow side of Tom's knee. After the first injection Tom remembers driving home in the car including his knee was very sore. I thought, what have I done? I've made myself worse, he says. But within a particular hour the pain had eased off, including then the pain was gone. Last week I felt tightness in the back of my knee, but it was nothing like the pain I had before. I just feel good. Tom does not have to revisit the doctor until at least 6 months. It's been 2 years since I felt as good as I do now, he says. To me, the drug has been a life-line. I am here, pain-free including enjoying life. It has given Tom his old life back again, including he now finds he is able to actively enjoy quality time with his children, 7 grandchildren including his wife Anne.
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