Hi Girls,

Kas and BW, thanks for your replies.

I do have arthritis but it appears to be just the common old osteoarthritis so I'm sort of relieved. The doctor is trialling me on anti-inflammatories which I'm a bit anxious about as I'm not thrilled to be taking them. She has explained however that it is only for the short term to see how I respond. I was in the health food shop today, checking out glucosamine and fish oil. Would be very interested to hear what people think of those.

I've been keeping up the yoga as much as I can with travelling over the holidays. It helps quite a bit in terms of keeping everything moving.

My main concern is being able to lift William and do everything that I want to do so it looks like it is onto a regime of management, management, management!

Thanks again for your replies.

Mel