Re: different kinds of pain

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Gloria,

I'm sorry that you have such pain. I have had RA for over 8 years.

My pain effects different areas of my body at different times. Some

days my jaw kills me and other days it's my knees or ankles. My pain

is always symmetrical. Both feet hurt, both sides of my jaw or both

wrists. But that is not to say that they hurt equally. I feel pain

sometimes more on one side of my body than another.

It is hard to describe the pain of RA but I feel an aching pain when

I move. The stiffness of my joints also hurts (I can't describe it).

I know for me that my RA pain moves to different parts of my body.

What it is is that there is more pain in certain areas on different

days. This is not uncommon and could be what is happening to you.

Could it be possible that you have both RA and Morton's Neuroma?

Talk to a doctor. Get a second or thrid opinion if you need to. Good

luck,

> My RA is mainly in my feet - my right ankle to be exact. And when

it travels

> to other parts of my body, the pain is pretty much the same:

throbbing,

> tender, very inflamed. I do have pain on my left foot, too, but

the quality

> is very different: sharp and stinging. Before I was diagnosed with

RA, my

> foot doctor was convinced that I had a Morton's Neuroma and was

ready to cut

> into it. What made me think it was something else was the fact

that the

> series of cortisone shots never helped and the symptoms spread to

other parts

> of my body.

>

> Now, I'm beginning to wonder whether, in fact, it is a Morton's

neuroma. Does

> anyone else feel different kinds of pain that they attribute to

RA? It seems

> to me that the pain pattern and type should be similar throughout

the body

> because of how the disease affects the joints. But maybe not.

>

> I'd be interested in any thoughts on this.

>

> gloria