Re: Re: One-sided RA?

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I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one with these

mysterious symptoms!

--- Bobbi <mom2triplets@...> wrote:

> My pain is all on my left side as well. I have a

> few joints on my

> right side that are starting to ache a bit, but they

> don't hurt

> yet. Just thought you like to know others are also

> one-sided! LOL

> Bobbi

>

>

>

> >

> > Hello to everyone. I am new here. Here is my

> > situation: I am a 38 year old female. A couple

> of

> > years ago, I was doing pretty good. I had lost 30

> > lbs., with 70 more to go. I was also doing

> Jazzercise

> > at the time for about 6 months. Then, I started

> > having pain in my left hip. I went to an

> orthopedic

> > surgeon, who thought that maybe I had torn some

> > cartiledge in that hip. After an MRI with

> injected

> > dye, he concluded that there was nothing wrong

> with

> > that hip joint. After this, he asked me if I had

> ever

> > experienced any other pain, and I told him that

> > sometimes my left wrist hurt. He then referred me

> to

> > a rheumatologist.

> > To make a long story short, after getting the

> > bloodwork done, the rheumy told me that I was RH

> > negative with a sed-rate of 40. She put me on

> > hydroxychloriquine. (I also stayed on a regimen of

> > certain vitamins, glucosamine and tart cherry

> juice.)

> > I continued to have occasional hip and wrist

> > flare-ups. Finally, two years later, I started to

> get

> > worse. The arthritis moved to my left ankle joint.

> (I

> > sometimes have to use a cane and brace on it.) My

> > rheumy did not like the swelling that she was

> > continuing to see. (BTW, my joints do not get red

> and

> > hot, but I do occasionally have a low-grade

> fever.)

> > My actual diagnosis is inflammatory arthritis

> > non-specific. My rheumy is leaning toward the RA

> > diagnosis, but she is perplexed by the fact that

> for

> > now, it only manifests on my left side. I have

> even

> > had pain on the left side of my jaw!

> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what else this

> > could be? I would appreciate any responses.

> > Thank you,

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Oh!!! Oh!!! Oh!!! This is sooooo me!

My left side is *by far* the worse. Then, my right side begins to hurt for

having to work harder to pick up the slack...

Yanosz

[ ] Re: One-sided RA?

,

I have pain all over, but my left side is the worst! My left side is

currently numb from the toes all the way up into my shoulder. I

say 'numb', but when it's touched or bumped, it feels like little

electric currents running wild and that's very uncomfortable! It's

been this way for a little over 3 months...started with just my

foot, then slowly has traveled to include the rest of the left side!

Ugh!

I have problems with my jaw too. Whenever I eat something like a

grape, I have horrible pain for a second or two when taking the

first bite. It's awful! When this 'episode' first started my jaw

hurt so bad I couldn't hardly talk! That only lasted about a week &

then it just aches a little now. Thank goodness! I was tested for

TMJ, but they said that wasn't it. I am suspicious it's the RA. I go

to the doc's on Monday to get my referral to the rheumy.

I tried Vicodin (Hydrocodone) for the 1st time today. I don't like

it - at all! I became extremely sick to my stomach & still can't

believe I managed to make it through without vomitting. I thought

maybe the nausea was because of not eating, but after I ate, it got

worse! Ugh! I won't be taking that again!!

Oh - also, when it's just the joint pain, it usually strikes the

left side worse, but there is also lesser pain in the opposing

joint - example: left shoulder is excruciating so my right shoulder

is tender.

Cami

> >

> > Hello to everyone. I am new here. Here is my

> > situation: I am a 38 year old female. A couple of

> > years ago, I was doing pretty good. I had lost 30

> > lbs., with 70 more to go. I was also doing Jazzercise

> > at the time for about 6 months. Then, I started

> > having pain in my left hip. I went to an orthopedic

> > surgeon, who thought that maybe I had torn some

> > cartiledge in that hip. After an MRI with injected

> > dye, he concluded that there was nothing wrong with

> > that hip joint. After this, he asked me if I had ever

> > experienced any other pain, and I told him that

> > sometimes my left wrist hurt. He then referred me to

> > a rheumatologist.

> > To make a long story short, after getting the

> > bloodwork done, the rheumy told me that I was RH

> > negative with a sed-rate of 40. She put me on

> > hydroxychloriquine. (I also stayed on a regimen of

> > certain vitamins, glucosamine and tart cherry juice.)

> > I continued to have occasional hip and wrist

> > flare-ups. Finally, two years later, I started to get

> > worse. The arthritis moved to my left ankle joint. (I

> > sometimes have to use a cane and brace on it.) My

> > rheumy did not like the swelling that she was

> > continuing to see. (BTW, my joints do not get red and

> > hot, but I do occasionally have a low-grade fever.)

> > My actual diagnosis is inflammatory arthritis

> > non-specific. My rheumy is leaning toward the RA

> > diagnosis, but she is perplexed by the fact that for

> > now, it only manifests on my left side. I have even

> > had pain on the left side of my jaw!

> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what else this

> > could be? I would appreciate any responses.

> > Thank you,

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________

> > DSL - Something to write home about.

> > Just $16.99/mo. or less.

> > dsl.

> >

>