Thanks!!! ...and a few more ?s

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Hello again!

It's Jeanne in Ohio...still no diagnosis. I wanted to thank you all

for your initial replies to my posts. Sorry, I've fallen behind in

getting back to each of you personally. It is Spring break for my

girls and we've been keeping a busy agenda. I have 3

girls...Gretchen's 6.5 yrs., Kendall just turned 5 and liese is 2

next month.

Tomorrow I see my PCP to review my blood work taken last week. Here's

where my questions come in... What should I be looking for her to

tell me? Isn't there an RA test factor in the blood? What is

a " normal " number...what is considered high? I'd like to come armed

with info. Any other tests that have big indicators?

More symptom ?s...

I have chills when I get what I'm thinking are " flares " . Can't get

warm. Is this familiar with any of you?

Extreme fatigue seems to be right in line with everyone. And then I

get the scleritis in my eye. Most days I have what I would

call " twingy pains " in just about all my joints. Nothing that keeps

me from getting on with the matters at hand. Elbows are worst. What

about always waking with a stiff neck and muscles of upper back???

That and the bottoms of my feet are ALWAYS stiff in the morning.

Hmmmm?

Well, I guess that's all for now. Thanks again everyone for extending

such a warm and caring welcome. I am so glad I found this group. I am

also a member of a group for parents of children with a

condition called craniosynostosis. Our youngest was born with this

condition where the skull suture fuses prematurely leading to skull

deformity if not corrected. She had surgery last May and is doing

awesome!! That group was my lifeline. Now I have YOU!!

Thanks again!!

Smiles,

Jeanne

Toledo, Ohio