Achy Body/Stiff Joints

That described my morning!

I use ice a lot after any activity, and admit to taking Aleve now and then. I know I have a few slightly bulging discs. My "creakiness" is more than just that, I think, but my MRI didn't show any arthritis, thank goodness.

I had two epidural shots for back/sciatic pain earlier this year, when nothing else (chiro, myofascial, physical therapy) would work. But I believe that is really only the answer for acute pain, not something chronic. I had walked 18 holes of golf and it had really irritated my back.

Are you drinking plenty of water? I notice when I get dehydrated, I ache worse.

I won't even comment in your ideas of raw milk, but I do think you should have your vitamin D and calcium levels checked.

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I have been taking sulfasalizine for twenty years now, so I don't think that is the problem - although I do hope to get off it in the not too distant future. I guess it could be residual effects of other medications I have recently taken - perhaps in combination with the sulfasalizine - and it just takes a while to work itself out of my system. We'll see.

I do believe I am staying well hydrated, especially when on the golf course. I'm lucky to get in 9 holes without feeling worn down though, and I don't even have bulging disks! Peety, you must be one tenacious individual. I admire your grit.

Regarding raw (or real) milk, any food can be potentially problematic if not prepared properly (spinach and peanut butter come to mind). I have no qualms whatsoever about raw milk - just the opposite. But that is the subject of a different discussion.

Guess I will be seeing that rheumatologist. Thanks for the input ya'll.

Thanks RH_Texas_Gal, that makes a lot of sense. Was your rheumatologist suggesting this was a permanent effect? Or one that was contingent on controlling the auto-immune response?

Just wanted to let you know this was my same response when I lowered my prednisone.  I've had colitis since Dec. 2008, they are not sure why UC or CD.  I was put on prednisone for 40mg for 7days, I was fine.   When I lowered to 30 for the next 7 days I ended up in the ER.  I have never had a joint pain in my life!  and my knees felt like they were on fire.  I could not walk and ended up in a wheelchair.  Anyway the ER said it was Rheumatoid Arthritis.  I had to laugh.  I'm 28 otherwise healthy very mobile individual.  You don't just wake up with arthritis.  Anyway I was in sooo much pain and needed answers so I kept that appt and saw the Rhumo.  He said it was prednisone withdrawal symptoms and that it would eventually go away after I finished the prednisone.  I just finished yesterday and am waiting to see what will happen.   My gastro. by the way said there was no way it prednisone.....  But I can tell you that the prednisone was the only changing factor in my body.

Im a guy, and One of the lucky few to have fibromyalgia. It is brualt. Mine is hard core. I can feel like Ive been palying football withthe bears all day, and I also have MS types weakness and numbness. I have some unknown auto immune thing. likely anylosing/ or undifferentiated spondylitis. I fit the symptoms. I also have UC that comes with it in a nice little gift package. Yeah me.

Recently I had an attack of some intestinal thing that scared the hell out of me, it went for two weeks until I banned gluten and milk form the party. And I was giving the only thing thats ever worked like a miraculas cure on me VSL3#. Worth every sent. I think its like 75 cents a cap. 40$ a 60 count bottle. Other pro biotics, did nothing.

Anyways, this sounds like fibromayalgia, mine just showed up, completely out of no where. A year after my other problems with the auto immune showed up. It can hurt, it can burn. It can weaken and numb like MS. Its neuro-muscle, and it can also feal like aurthritis. And Im one of the few who cant take the lirica, a great med.

It made me halucinate. Like in the exorsisim of emeily rose, when shoe looks out the window and the sky look ultra scary. So I deal with intense pain every day. And since Im on the medical card, out of work mostly and Im a young guy, they treat me like slime and give me nothing.
But its alright, my stomach cant handle most pain meds anyways. Something isnt right in there.

I cant even drink dark soda. And they didnt see anyhting in my upper GI.

Sorry, get checked for fibrmyalgia. Its sounds like its the problem.