Im the anon you repled to. I've been having swelling in my fingers as long as I can remember,years, ususually after eating too much the day before, I'd wake up with puffy fingers. Then my thumbs started acting up with lots of pain to the point of needing cortisone injections in one of them. Surprisingly, that has pretty much subsided over the last couple of years, except for occasional mild discomfort. The fingers are now stiff every morning and painful, as well as the toes. Sometimes it lasts all day, sometimes it doesn't. All this time, I figured it was osteoarthritis.
Then a couple months ago, my knees started feeling a bit stiff in the morning. This increased at a rapid rate to the point of pain I cannot even describe. I couldn't walk. My ortho said it was osteo and gave me injections of synvisc in the knees which helped tremendously. But my internal med doc said I must have RA or something because osteo doesn't increase the sed rate and CRP. My ANA is negative. So Im waiting for a Rheumatoid factor and have an appointment with a rheumatologist.
I do notice that lots of my problems are worse when I over eat. Whether its the types of foods or the sodium, I don't know. Been to an allergist and I have lots of low grade allergies to foods but I have no idea if they are the cause.
I'd like to keep in touch and see if our cases are in any way similar because its very frustrating. Nobody understands how crappy I feel and nobody in my family (two teenage daughters) will lift a finger to help, including the husband. I've always taken care of them and spoiled them quite a bit. Now Im hurting and nobody gets it...or wants to.
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Hi Diane, Hi all,
Im the anon you repled to. I've been having swelling in my fingers as long as I can remember,years, ususually after eating too much the day before, I'd wake up with puffy fingers. Then my thumbs started acting up with lots of pain to the point of needing cortisone injections in one of them. Surprisingly, that has pretty much subsided over the last couple of years, except for occasional mild discomfort. The fingers are now stiff every morning and painful, as well as the toes. Sometimes it lasts all day, sometimes it doesn't. All this time, I figured it was osteoarthritis.
Then a couple months ago, my knees started feeling a bit stiff in the morning. This increased at a rapid rate to the point of pain I cannot even describe. I couldn't walk. My ortho said it was osteo and gave me injections of synvisc in the knees which helped tremendously. But my internal med doc said I must have RA or something because osteo doesn't increase the sed rate and CRP. My ANA is negative. So Im waiting for a Rheumatoid factor and have an appointment with a rheumatologist.
I do notice that lots of my problems are worse when I over eat. Whether its the types of foods or the sodium, I don't know. Been to an allergist and I have lots of low grade allergies to foods but I have no idea if they are the cause.
I'd like to keep in touch and see if our cases are in any way similar because its very frustrating. Nobody understands how crappy I feel and nobody in my family (two teenage daughters) will lift a finger to help, including the husband. I've always taken care of them and spoiled them quite a bit. Now Im hurting and nobody gets it...or wants to.
June 2, 2009 - 10:59amLisa
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