Guest guest Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 I hope all of you are having good days and there are better ones yet to come. Today I had my third rheumy visit, although the visit itself was short(he had an emergency) I guess it was pretty productive. I was able to explain that the Arava was working for general achiness and morning stiffness was improved about 20% but because of that, I was able to find where most of the localized pain is- deep in heel, knees, and 3rd joint in fingers... after discussing that he decided to start me on methotrexate and folic acid, any of you who have taken these- I'd appreciate to hear what your side effects were and what I should expect. He also went over a list that I brought in of health issues I deal with so I would know if they were related to RA or if I should go to my GP with them. I had more lab work today and go back in 6 weeks for more. Also, on xrays and mri's (3 years old) there is no visible arthritis or erosion... rheumy said doesn't matter what those said because its possible to have RA (or other inflammatory disease) and not show that progressive physical damage...has anyone ever heard of this? It seems impossible that I am in so much pain and nothing is seen. My lab work indicates RA and maybe SLE and chronic inflammatory and pain problems as does swelling in my hands and feet, but nothing shows on exrays. I don't know, to me its like giving birth only to find there was no baby... why all the pain? If any of you have any thoughts, please feel free to share... sometimes I feel as if I'm just going completely nuts. happy days to all of you. kerri sue __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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