Got my report on my hands

Hi Joy,

I completely can relate to what you are going through. I have Osteoarthritis in both hands, which has been getting worse in the last year. It doesn't help that we are back to experiencing damp, cool weather. I noticed that my hands were very painful today, especially the joints in the right hand fingers. My new Rheumy said that I need to watch the weight bearing I do with my fingers. easy for him to say, since I love to garden!! A big (((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))) to you.

Love, Laura

I'm so sorry Joy. Long hot baths help ease my widespread arthritis pain. I've noticed that when I gave up sugar and wheat, not only have I lost a lot of weight and gotten more energy, but my muscle aches have greatly decreased and my arthritis pain has lessened.

Writing is hard so I searched high and low for pens that glide easily.

What has helped the most was prednisone but I haven't taken any for a couple of years, since my lupus started quieting down.

I hope your rheumatologist is able to help you.

I've been reading about types of arthritis....
Lupus arthritis, ostoarthritis, and rheumathoid arthritis

The lupus kind doesn't damage the joints.
The ostoarthritis doesn't make the knots I have.
Which leave me with the winner of RA. :-p
Yay me. :-(

Joy I hope not!

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Well I pray the best for you!

I hope it's nothing but simple OA. I'm still waiting on a phone call from the doctor. :-/

Joy,

I sure hope you DO NOT have RA. You mentioned that you had picked up the report results, I'm not sure if this will help any, but normally with RA the radiologist would mention and changes caused by the RA.

When I found out that I had RA, my Rheumy insisted that I didn't have RA. I can't tell you how many injections I did for my right thumb. Finally, my RA factor was positive and he sent me for MRI.

The MRI showed that my blood work WAS correct. The MRI showed where the thumb joint was deforming and eroding away. My Rheumy retired and the new one assigned to me started me on Remicade. I did the infusions for like 12 treatments and my RA factor is negative and I haven't changed to much in my hands.

Hope you hear from the Dr soon and they are able to help resolve your pain. Have you tried Tiger Balm, on any of your painful muscles and joints? If not I would suggest you try it, you can purchase a jar at Walmart or Target. It's like $6.00 for a small jar, if you can't manage to get some, and would like to try it, email me and I'll send you a jar fr free. I have a bunch of the stuff, I've used it for a really long time.

My massage therapist back in 1988 started putting on my aching Fibro muscles. I've used the stuff ever since then. Just let me know. Good luck and let us kno how you are doing.

Hugs,
Barbara