Hi Sherry. My experience with RA is that it tends to move around. My pain depends on which joint I over use. For instance, carring grocery plastic bags can really hurt my fingers. They do swell and the pain can be pretty bad. I slipped but did not fall recently and my knee and ankle swelled and I could not walk for two days. My advise, get a new doc. The right doc can tell which disease it is. I do not show positive for RA according to one blood test, but, a combination of two other tests indicate RA. And believe me I have it. I hope you have OA as I think more can be done to treat it. But, they are both very painful and it stinks. If it is RA, you need to know ASAP to avoid perm damage to joints. Good luck to you.