Re: New and looking for info -

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Hi :

Sure sounds like you have RA - yes, it can move

around. Some days it is my hips and ankles, some days

my elbows and hands, etc., and some days it is all

joints. After about a year with RA, I told my doctor

that I also was having pain in not only my joints, but

also my muscles, and entire body. She told me that it

would not be unusual for me to also have Fibro, but

never dx it. When I changed doctors a few years

later, after examination, he told me that I definately

also had Fibro. So, it's not unusal to have more than

one autoimmune disease, seems like when we get one,

others also join in the party. I have RA, Fibro,

Raynaud's, and, I suspect, Sojrens. So, let your

doctor know about the muscle pain - could be Fibro.

Kathe in CA

-- ktandtm <ktandtm@...> wrote:

> I just recently had a baby and ever since I had her

> my body has been

> hurting terribly. This is my 7th child and this is

> not normal for

> me. Some days my knees hurt so bad I can hardly get

> off the couch.

> Other days my elbows will only open to a certain

> point. It is not

> only in my joints though it is in my muscles as

> well. One day my

> hand swelled but only from my knuckles to my wrist.

> The pain was

> tremendous but my fingers were fine. Just pain in

> my hand. The

> weird thing is my pain seems to shift around my

> body. They did a

> sediment level and it was normal but my RA factor

> was very high. I

> haven't been able to get back to the doctor and

> probably won't be

> able to until sometime in Jan. People keep saying

> maybe I have

> Rheumetoid or Lupus. My mom has Rheumetoid but said

> it is always in

> her joints and not the muscles.

>

> My question is, what are the symptoms of Lupus and

> what kind of test

> do they do for it? I don't know anything about it.

> The doc did a

> CBC and a monocites level I think. The monocites

> were a little high

> but he wasn't concerned. My CBC and all that were

> normal. Any help

> and info would be great. Seems like I am living on

> Motrin these

> days and I just want to get to the bottom of this.

>

> Thanks,

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Kathe in CA

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