Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Hi, I have been having symptoms for two years now and finally saw a rheum dr two weeks ago 9of course on a day that my symptoms were almost undetectable for the first time in 4 months). All the test results came back normal except to tell me that I had Parvovirus B19 at one time (um, never heard of it before let alone when did I have it?). She said the x-rays of my hands looked " great " and she saw only a " slight degeneration of the 3rd and 4th knuckles " on my right hand. Silly me, I am 35 and to me a " slight degeneration " of anything seems out of line. Her letter concluded that " All the results are encouraging, nevertheless, because you are noticing some changes in symptoms, it is important to continue to monitor for the possibility that you are developing an illness in the family of connective tissue diseases " . Huh? O.k. I will probably call her to clarify a few things but still, huh? Should I be happy, should I feel like I wasted both of our time, should I just quit bothering people with my petty problems? I am not by far terrible but am worried if it worsens. So my blood says there is no inflamation, then why do my joints hurt every day, all day? Geez, at 18 years old I gave up drinking (among other things) to keep me from spending my life in a fog, so now that isn't sounding so bad right now. I don't know but getting an answer in this is almost worse than the symptoms. I know little old ladies who had it all their lives and never got treatment, they didn't complain just kept plugging along. Perhaps I need to be more like them (oh that's right, they didn't go to work everyday, they were stay at home moms). Very discouraged, Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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