I started with swelling on top of my left hand... Thought it was an injury! I had been cleaning for a company (due to hubby being layed off). Went to Hand spec, did xray said it was (neg), did blood work sed rate was 30. Sent me to Rheummie. Did MIR & every test possible for RA.. ALL TEST NEG. EVERY ONE OF THEM! MRI showed POSSIBLE rice bodies on top of hand w/tendinitis... His response... RA u need to take Metho ect... named off many meds. I said NO WAY! Show me PROFF of RA? Give me a blood test that shows I have it. First blood test was in april. Next ones (same ones) were done in Nov. No change, oh ya my sed rate was 25 now. STILL pain. Now the other hand has started to hurt a little NO swelling, and the tops of my feet & ankles hurt sometimes as well. I have flat feet though... and could stand to loose 25 lbs. Maybe that would help.
My NEW Rheummie says he doesnt see the RA, because I dont get stiffness to where I cant move in the AM just hurts for 1min than goes away. Same with my hands... they feel like ive hand water retention in them but open and close for a second and they are better too. They feel throbbing at times during the day but not STIFF. He's checked my range of motion and all seems well! I'm SOOO confused! My left top of my hand now has a bump on it when I make a fist. Its located near the outside of my hand. I think thats where he said I has a "dislocation of the Ulnar tendon" I got a Cortizone shot in nov. for that side of my hand and it feels better on the ouside but still hurts on top. Throbs!
What do I do... Ive been to a natural dr. who even put me on diff types of vitamins ect... It hasnt changed much. I just want proof of a diagnosis and meds to heal it!
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I started with swelling on top of my left hand... Thought it was an injury! I had been cleaning for a company (due to hubby being layed off). Went to Hand spec, did xray said it was (neg), did blood work sed rate was 30. Sent me to Rheummie. Did MIR & every test possible for RA.. ALL TEST NEG. EVERY ONE OF THEM! MRI showed POSSIBLE rice bodies on top of hand w/tendinitis... His response... RA u need to take Metho ect... named off many meds. I said NO WAY! Show me PROFF of RA? Give me a blood test that shows I have it. First blood test was in april. Next ones (same ones) were done in Nov. No change, oh ya my sed rate was 25 now. STILL pain. Now the other hand has started to hurt a little NO swelling, and the tops of my feet & ankles hurt sometimes as well. I have flat feet though... and could stand to loose 25 lbs. Maybe that would help.
My NEW Rheummie says he doesnt see the RA, because I dont get stiffness to where I cant move in the AM just hurts for 1min than goes away. Same with my hands... they feel like ive hand water retention in them but open and close for a second and they are better too. They feel throbbing at times during the day but not STIFF. He's checked my range of motion and all seems well! I'm SOOO confused! My left top of my hand now has a bump on it when I make a fist. Its located near the outside of my hand. I think thats where he said I has a "dislocation of the Ulnar tendon" I got a Cortizone shot in nov. for that side of my hand and it feels better on the ouside but still hurts on top. Throbs!
What do I do... Ive been to a natural dr. who even put me on diff types of vitamins ect... It hasnt changed much. I just want proof of a diagnosis and meds to heal it!
PLEASE HELP!!!
January 4, 2010 - 9:20pmThis Comment
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