Hello and welcome!!
Hi all and welcome to Young Arthur! I thought I might introduce myself to start with. I am 20 years old, I am about to graduate from University, I am in desperate need of a job, and I have arthritis or Arthur as I like to term it. I am one of approximately 27,000 people under the age of 25 living with arthritis in the UK. However, we have not been able to identify the exact type of arthritis I have. My hospital appointments are filled with terms such as "intriguing", "unusual" and "mystery" because I am not your typical individual with arthritis, in fact the way my arthritis is presenting is quite atypically; a badge I wear with pride. I am not going to go into all of the nitty gritty things about why the type of arthritis I have is not clear-cut just yet, that needs it's own post. This post is a wee introduction to me and this blog. Young Arthur is a place where I am going to share information about my diagnosis, about how I advocate for mys