Guest guest Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 I finally got my bone scan scheduled. I go this Thursday then hopefully in two weeks I can see the doctor and find out what going on. Thanks for listening to me this past week whine. Thanks Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 > > Hello ! > I would relax if I were you. I'm 30 and I think we're in the same boat. All of my bloodwork has been normal to date. The only reason I know that I have arthritis is because I had a bone scan. I " lit up like a Christmas tree " on the second set of scans. If it wasn't for the bone scan, I don't think that the doctors would know what to do with me. The bone scan showed which bones my arthritis is in. I haven't had this long enough for any damage to show up on X-Rays (thank God). I'm a mother of 2 little girls, ages 4 and 6, so I know how scary it is getting a diagnosis such as this, especially when you feel like you still have your whole life ahead of you. It's probably better that the secretary didn't give you that much info over the phone. I picked up the results to take to my doctor and read the report myself. The words " degenerative process " all over the page terrified me. I was upset and called my husband because I was only 29 and my feet shouldn't have been degenerating at all, LOL! How could I have arthritis, I'm not old. In any case, my podiatrist spent a lot of time going over the results with me, which helped me to understand what was going on better. I was still shocked, but at least I was better informed. I never new inflammatory arthritis could effect somebody my age. Now, I know, LOL! I hope you have a good appointment on Wednesday. I feel the better informed I am, good news or bad, the more I feel that I'm in control of my situation. After all, I've got to live with this disease a long time. As for giving things up, I do what I want in spite of the pain (as much as I can). Life is too short to sit on the sidelines. In my case, my arthritis is worse in my feet. It doesn't matter if I'm not walking because my feet always hurt, so I do as much as I can tolerate. > HTH, > Lori > http://home.comcast.net/~queenstitcher/ > > > [ ] Bone Scan > > > First, thanks to all of you who responded to an earlier post of mine about bone scans! I appreciate your thoughtfulness. > > Second, every blood test I have had done has come back normal for all the RA stuff. I just got the results from my bone scan today. I was not surprised to find out something was wrong. The dr. will not give me much information, I had to schedule an appt. so I can " discuss " it with them. From the little info the secretary would give me, I think it is either RA or Lupus. > > I am scared to death. I'm a mother of 4, wife to 1, volleyball coach, substitute teacher, etc and I am not ready to give up anything I do or want to do with my life. I am only 34 years old, and I want to feel like I'm 20! lol > > I guess I just wanted to chime in and say I'm scared. I won't get to see the dr. until Wednesday so I've got tonight and tomorrow to be scared I guess. Please keep me in your prayers, I'm hoping it's okay to assume here that you all have been in my shoes before and that's why I'm writing to you all. Also, I hurt like... well, I hurt a lot. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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