My turn for a little whine with my cheese ..... flare and wrist lump

December 31, 2005

Hi Guys:

Well for almost a week now I have really been having a

lot of pain all over my body. Combo of the RA and

Fibro I guess, as I have pain in my thumbs, SI joints,

hips, knees, and ankles/feet, and all the muscles

everywhere. For the past two days, I have had a lot

of pain and stiffness in my neck and upper back

between my shoulder blades which is new, and I have

been using a rice sock on my neck and a back massage

mat too.

I have also noticed a lump on the outer aspect of my

right wrist joint. Could this be a rheumatoid nodule?

It is directly over the bony prominance at the outer

edge of my wrist, is hard, about the size of a

quarter, and is kind of restricting upward motion of

my wrist. It feels kind of bruised when I press on

it. What are your opinions?

I will be calling my doctor next week about it,

although I just saw her a few days before Christmas,

as I am pretty curious about what it might be. I

figure it is a RA thing, but I have never had any

nodules, so I am not sure if that is what it is. I

don't think it is a ganglion cyst, as I have seen some

of those before when I worked for an orthopedist and

it does not look like those did, and it is not

squishy, but is hard and bony.

Anyway, any thoughts would be appreciated. Hope that

you all have a great New Year's eve, being it at home

curled up by the fire, or out with friends. We are

going to a friend's house which is just a few blocks

away - don't know if I will make it to midnight though

........

Kathe in CA

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