One-sided RA?

[Guest guest]

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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