Get in touch! Send your letters to: Inspire magazine, 1 Cambridge Technopark, Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8PB or email here Letters Write In Youve been busy writing to us, tweeting, and posting on our forum this month here are some of your thoughts become Lizs pen friend? If you would like to drop her a line, write to us or send an email to the address above. whats the alternative? Lets be pen friends I am an ex-health professional and now in my 80s, having trained in London. I have always had some kind of back pain, starting about the age of 12, which was diagnosed as osteoarthritis. Nothing seemed to be known about it then, and I was put on various painkillers, none of which helped much. I find now that I am allergic to most tablets, except paracetamol, which I only take if necessary. At a pain clinic years ago, a doctor put me on a tranquilliser, as he thought I had nerve pain; I then took various pills, all of which upset me terribly. On top of it all, I got flu a year ago and, in spite of physios and occupational therapists, it has taken me ages to begin to feel better. I am now eating quite well, doing a few gentle exercises and going for little walks in the garden. I am young looking, love clothes and am very artistic. Would anyone similar care to write to me? I also believe in a little make-up at almost any age. Liz, Berkshire Editors response: Would anyone like to I am reading a book entitled What the doctors dont tell you: Arthritis by Lynne McTaggart and Bryan Hubbard. It tells of the hospitalisation of thousands of people from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) each year, and a number of them are from the common drug aspirin. Now this is not good enough from the GPs of Britain, who are only taught to dispense drugs by the profit-hungry drug companies. Personally, I take green tea loose, not tea bags and a wonderful enzyme called serrapeptase. It is christened the miracle enzyme by Dr Robert Redfern, and is a natural cleanser of the whole system, inside and out. I also take Flexicoll in water, which can be successful in as little as three weeks, but 12 weeks at the most. They are perfectly harmless, unlike drugs. Francis Cross, Lancashire what youre tweeting Just because fatigue is invisible, doesnt mean its not one of the main symptoms many experience @arthritis_care Shocker today dont know whether its increased methotrexate or low iron levels again #morebloods @99percenttrue I have arthritis and wonder why Im exhausted sometimes. I forget this is another symptom. @dania_pl The fatigue is just awful, and very isolating and lonely when no-one understands that a nap doesnt fix it @jennybarrowcli1 Fatigue is huge! Pain hasnt been its best either today x @hamrowannie Follow us on twitter!