weird joint issues

Only thing I can think of is to perhaps take a sick day, and just
rest up...so very sorry your going through all this it must be very
unpleasant and sounds very painful, maybe call your pain management doctor
and see if he/she could fit you in...Hope your feeling better soon...
Keep us posted, as we do care....

 

Aww Denita, that sounds dreadful.     I haven't heard of this.  An infection?  That sounds odd.  I sure hope that you and your Rheumy find out for sure and that you will get proper treatment for it.  Please keep us updated.  I hope that you get over this soon, whatever it is.

 

I'm glad that you are feeling a bit better Denita, although your muscles

don't sound very happy.  I must say, you are a mystery.  Indeed, hopefully your Orthopedic Dr. has some answers for you on Friday, that make sense.  Good Luck!

Update,

I went to the ortho yesterday and told him about all my issues.

First he checked the elbow and declared it to be "tennis elbow" and gave me a cortisone shot in it. He also told me to wear the cuff from the time I get up till I get back in bed for the night. It could take 6 months to a year for it to completely heal.

Then he checked the left knee. I have several issues going on here, have for quite some time. He gave me a cortisone shot here as well and ordered some new x-rays to be done. I have to go back and see him in 6 weeks.

Then he told me that the "all joints out of joint" feeling is an RA issue. Some experience this quite often and others never do. So, what does this mean for me?? We don't know. And as the rheumy had said, continue with the meds I am on.

On top of this I think that the sinus infection is still lingering even though I have had a round of anitbiotics. So, I will be making a call to the regular pcp this afternoon.

Still not feeling so well, all this stuff at once is making me very shaky on my feet and very tired. I do have one possitive note: I am the only one in a household of 7 that did not get the stomach bug. yeah for me

take care everyone, hope its a good day to all

First I would like to say Hello and welcome to healing well.

I have fibromyalgia and RA. At any given time, any given day, something on me will hurt. Sometimes it's just by the day and sometimes it lingers for months. And, most of the time, nothing shows up in any lab work or xray.

I usually treat it to the best of my abilities ( heating pad, ice, meds, hot shower, etc etc) and wait it out. I see my ortho and rheumy about once every 6 months. If anything hurts then, and had for awhile, I bring it to their attention.

Every once in a great while it will be so bad that I would have to take a day off work to rest but never so bad that I would go to the ER.

The fear of the "what ifs" can lead to depression and too much time away from the fun things in life. When you have something that can and does cause pain, you have to be possitive that tomorrow will be better.

Hope your pain subsides soon and doesn't come back. Please keep us posted.

take care,

Fortunately, I have not had that severe of pain. And, I did not mean to make you feel bad for choosing to go to the ER. I can totally understand some types of pain can be so bad that you want, need immediate relief and the ER is where you would expect to get it. (used to suffer with bouts of kidney stones)

I hope that you continue to post here. You can come here anytime to vent, offer helpful tidbits of info or even play our games.

take care,

I have read that somewhere and you may be right. All I know is that it was the weirdest symptom by far. Everything seems to be back to normal now. The only thing giving me any grief right now is my hands, especially the fingers and wrists.

I think that I may not be giving my doctor a very good explaination of my symptoms. I tell him that I hurt. Its not a stabbing pain. It feels more like the joints are on fire - like it is "hot" on the inside of my joints.
But the joints do not look swollen and are not hot to the touch. Just wondering how you describe your symptoms to your doctor. And if you have no swelling or "heat", just pain, will he adjust your meds solely on that? I ask because I do not think that the plaquenil is working. I feel no different now than I did in July. As a matter of fact, the "heat" in my hands and wrists is getting worse, not better. He said to give it a good 6 months and by the time I go back in to see him it will be almost 8 months. Just wondering if he will tell me that its normal and I will never be pain or symptom free. But, even with symptoms and pain the Plaquenil is still doing its job slowing the progression. I just don't know what he or I should be expecting with the use of Plaquenil. He is a good doctor but not the easiest to talk to.