Posted 11/20/2013 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Now what,
Look we all start off with different symptoms, so I don't know if what you are experiencing is RA but your rheumy will. They are amazing at recognising symptoms. Usually they do an all over physical exam and send you for x-rays of hands, feet and hips as these are the areas that RA rears its ugly head. I've had costo and it is horrendous, I needed shots of cortisone into the hot spots to settle it down and was quite crippled by it.
Often RA doesn't turn up in the blood until later, I don't know why but rheumys are the way to go. Hopefully once you see them they will know whether what you are experiencing is RA related or not.
Best wishes, please feel free to rant here, we are used to it. golitho