Welcome, sorry to hear you are suffering. I too was off work last year for 6 months, and like you did physio, chiro,and alot of bed. I experienced my first lengthy flare, before that a flare would...
I just wonder when the flare will return....This time last year I found you all, and even though i didn't post to much all the posts I read were so helpful.....thank you. It wasn't till late Sept...
Hi everyone!!! I am fairly new here, I see my Rhuemy on the 27th, so i've been popping between here and the RA forum..till I know for sure what is going on with me......Just wanted to say what a...
Thanks momto3 I had know idea that swollen tight morning fingers was a symptom, I hate it every morning, I have bad knees ortho told me need a new right one in the next few years, Thanks so much for...
mafrog, I will watch for an update since you go a few days before me, Keep in touch so we can maybe help each other since we are both new. thanks and hope your appt. goes well....
Welcome mafrog! I too am new, I go to my first rhuemy appt. on the 27th. Your story sounds like me to the letter, even the amitiptylin from my family dr. I don't like meds.....so I have yet to start...
/community/emoticons/blush.gif Hi Again, still trying to figure things out, When I do simple tasks I notice those joints, immediatly stiffen and ache . for example, today I was sweeping the kitchen...
Antartica Bigger BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!...
Thanks for the replies, Its great to know you are all here, I will keep you posted....
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif /community/emoticons/yeah.gif /community/emoticons/yeah.gif Okay, so the fog has me thinking......I have a hard time remembering most conversations from earlier in the...
/community/emoticons/blush.gif Hello Everyone!!! I have been stumbling around here reading the post trying to get a grasp on what to expect. I have suffered many of my fibro symptoms for years......
Hi obrian, I am new here but I understand how you are feeling, I myself am still trying to determine how this Fm will work into my life, I to work, and I enjoy my job, but it is very physical. I...
Thanks golitho, My hands have ache stiffness, but my feet and ankles are the worst. I have bad knees as well, I have seen an ortho he thinks i will need a new knee in a few years, Im only 39. and the...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif Hello Everyone, I'm new to all this....pretty much in my own investigation faze. Over the summer I started with all the joint pain, stiffness it seemed relentless, and...