Guest guest Posted January 1, 1970 Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 on 1/8/02 4:32 PM, ladydback at ladydback@... wrote: > OKay today my left hand is bad which it is usually never affected. > My question to all of you RA sufferers out there is do you ever have > your whole hand or foot affected. Instead of a swollen joint, my > whole hand feels like it has been badly bruised or crushed and if > you even try to squeeze it a tad...it HURTS BAD! > > Just wondering if others ever get that??? I always thought it just > effected your joints but I have had that feeling happen to me before > and I know it must be RA related. > > Judy > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 i was sitting at my son's birthday dinner and the pain was tremendous. i cpuld see the muscles in my arms pulsate up and down. i kept looking at my mom, what is happening to me??? i went home, turned the key in my lock and my whole hand just ballooned. i was in pain for days when i fina;;y got in and they gave me a cortisone shot. it flares that fast and furious. yes sometimes i could not even butter my bread my hands hurt so bad. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Hi Judy.... I just asked Joe, my dh. He has RA and I joined this list. He says it DOES happen to him. The DR told him its from the muscles trying to work the joint (or something along that line). He says to tell you it happens in one place today and tomorrow it may be in a new hand or foot. He takes Enbrel and is doing pretty well with it ) He is still on Metho, Celebrex, Vitamins, Folic Acid, Calcium, Magnesium. He has been weened off the Arava. He will start cutting back on the Metho soon. Take care. Nice chatting with you ) (and Joe) in Pa [ ] RA flares and pain > OKay today my left hand is bad which it is usually never affected. > My question to all of you RA sufferers out there is do you ever have > your whole hand or foot affected. Instead of a swollen joint, my > whole hand feels like it has been badly bruised or crushed and if > you even try to squeeze it a tad...it HURTS BAD! > > Just wondering if others ever get that??? I always thought it just > effected your joints but I have had that feeling happen to me before > and I know it must be RA related. > > Judy > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 I get real bad flares in my hands and feet. Especially under stress...like now..my favorite aunt died this weekend, unexpectedly. I have major flares and it hurts to type. I was the same way this summer when , as some of you might remember, my father passed away. My whole family is slowly going and it aggrevates my RA Painful hugs! Colleen >From: kringlemom@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: [ ] RA flares and pain >Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:32:46 EST > >i was sitting at my son's birthday dinner and the pain was tremendous. i >cpuld see the muscles in my arms pulsate up and down. i kept looking at my >mom, what is happening to me??? i went home, turned the key in my lock and >my >whole hand just ballooned. i was in pain for days when i fina;;y got in and >they gave me a cortisone shot. it flares that fast and furious. yes >sometimes >i could not even butter my bread my hands hurt so bad. kathy in il Check out my website at: http://www.geocities.com/callyanne21/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 sorry to hear about your aunt, colleen. my prayers are with you. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 thank you Kathy... Colleen >From: kringlemom@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: [ ] RA flares and pain >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 07:36:18 EST > >sorry to hear about your aunt, colleen. my prayers are with you. kathy in >il _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 Thank you a. I see that stress is my biggest trigger...whether emotional or things like stress from school. Colleen >From: " a " <paulap-54@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Re: [ ] RA flares and pain >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:56:21 -0800 > >Colleen, >I'm sorry to hear about your aunt's passing. May your fond memories of her >comfort you. >Stress is my biggest trigger too. I hope you feel better soon. >((((((((gentle hugs)))))))))) >a > Re: [ ] RA flares and pain > > > I get real bad flares in my hands and feet. Especially under >stress...like > now..my favorite aunt died this weekend, unexpectedly. I have major >flares > and it hurts to type. I was the same way this summer when , as some of >you > might remember, my father passed away. > My whole family is slowly going and it aggrevates my RA > Painful hugs! > Colleen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 Colleen, I'm sorry to hear about your aunt's passing. May your fond memories of her comfort you. Stress is my biggest trigger too. I hope you feel better soon. ((((((((gentle hugs)))))))))) a Re: [ ] RA flares and pain I get real bad flares in my hands and feet. Especially under stress...like now..my favorite aunt died this weekend, unexpectedly. I have major flares and it hurts to type. I was the same way this summer when , as some of you might remember, my father passed away. My whole family is slowly going and it aggrevates my RA Painful hugs! Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2002 Report Share Posted January 16, 2002 Judy, my first symptoms were my hands swelling, didn't know why. At that time we were helping our daughter paint cabinet doors (about 58 of them which had to be stained twice then sealed), so I thought maybe it was something about the paint or whatever causing it. Then my right elbow abcessed and then it just covered my whole body. At that time I couldn't even stand a bath cloth to touch me. I've never been so sore and hope never to be that sore again; took from June 99 to about March 2000 to get back to some degree of " normal " . Then I found a lump in left breast and on May 9th I had Mastectomy, then 8 chemo treatments which elimanated all RA symptoms until a month after last treatment and woke up one morning and couldn't stand up, both knees were affected so again it was about April 2001 before I could get back to " normal " ... At this time all is good....so I just say Thank you Lord each day. Be Blessed, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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