Posted 10/30/2012 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all.
I've posted a couple times before. Back again with a few questions. I hope everyone is well 😃
I'll go through my short story quickly. Maybe it will be similar to some?
about a month ago I had a sudden onset of systemic joint pain along with fatigue, and several other symptoms including one spot I had on my eyebrow that was a red circle about the size of a dime.
I went to my pcp and she did bloodwork-all normal. She sent me for a back MRI which was normal except for a few bulging discs and some arthritis, which pretty much shows up on all back MRI's. She also did an x-ray of my hip since that was the worse pain, I was limping. I saw my pcp before for my hip pain because its hurt for 13yrs which she says is bursitis. the x-ray was normal. She has also diagnosed me with tennis elbow and carpal tunnel.
The bad pain in all the joints only lasted a couple weeks and then I was pretty much back to normal except for lingering achiness in some joints. My fingers and feet are hurting quite often mostly my fingers. At first I thought I might have lupus because my face was red across the cheeks and nose but the Ana was neg so prabobly not. Recently I looked at my nails and realised I have nail pitting so now I'm thinking psoriatic arthritis? In the past I have periodically gotten a red itchy rash.
I called a rheumatologist in my area and made an appt. Dec 3rd.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? I left many things out, can't think right now. My 18yo has the music loud, lol.
I would greatly appreciate any comments, questions or advice.
Thanks, Mary.