hipmama42
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yes...joint pain is terrible! Esp. when I try to get out of bed in the morning, I can hardly move because of the pain and stiffness in both my muscles and joints, mainly my ankle and knee joints. My legs actually feel like they are "on fire" when I first stand up and take those first couple of steps to the bathroom, I am unsteady, stiff, and have to hold on to the wall so I don't fall. I feel like I'm one of those plastic wind-up toys...give me about an hour, after my meds, supplements, coffee, and sitting with my legs elevated, then I'll be at nearly full speed....then I slowly wind down and just quit or fall over, like those cheap toys. I have osteoarthritis in back and knees and feet/ankles, but blood work does not show RA...yet. I am going to a new sports medicine rheumatologist as soon as I can get in...and sort of dreading more tests, interrogation and telling my history over and over. I am burned out with doctors...sick of exams, waiting rooms, all of it! How can you not be nervous when they hold your future in their hands...all that power, and you have to be "the good Patient" or else...not be treated well. It gets tiring sometimes, esp when you also have children with chronic conditions that require them to go to the doc's all the time. I have heard that you can have RA without showing positive for RA antibodies, is this true, anyone know? |
