arthritic and thin

[Guest guest]

Any thoughts on the following? I am continuing antibiotic therapy for

Lyme. What seems to have happened is that many symptoms have

diminished, but the arthritic ones are the big problem, especially as I

increase my activity level (I have been going to circus class lately!).

Is it too late to stop arthritis in my case? (I had eight years of

active Lyme before discovering what it was, and I am now 48.) Or do I

need to be more patient, or am I not killing off what I need to kill

off?

I have some visible knee swelling again. I never tested positive for

any autoimmune type arthritis, but it has become obvious to me that my

problem has long been inflammation. My back was terrible for a while,

and I lost mobility in my shoulder due to it freezing at one point.

Docs kept missing the fact that this was all inflammation, so I didn't

catch on to really trying to treat it that way. Amazing how people can

try to convince you that you have tight muscles or something like that

when it just ain't so.

My joints crack and pop, but so far no grinding. They seem to work okay

when not inflamed.

Also, I can't gain any weight, no matter what I eat and how much.

Perhaps my body has trouble rebuilding?

- Kate