Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Wow, today must be National Unlurkers Day! Welcome Joan! Hugs, Jacy Listen to everyone, read everything, believe nothing unless you can prove it in your own research. jacymail@...IM: jacygal - ICQ: 96949087www.geocities.com/mtn_rose Signature powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? -----Original Message-----From: jm94nc [mailto:jm94@...]Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 18:02Rheumatoid Arthritis Subject: What caused my RA?Hi there,I haven't posted before today, mostly I've just been reading. I was diagnosed with RA on 4/26/04. On March 17th of this year my orthopedic dr. scheduled me for a bone scan because the knuckle on right index finger and the first joint were swollen. X-rays showed nothing on either hand. When I went in for the bone scan my right finger was the only problem I had. I was scheduled for exploratory surgery on my left knee due to an injury at work. The day of the scan I was fine. The day after the bone scan all the fingers on both hands started to swell up. By the day of knee surgery a week later I couldn't make a fist for the nurse to start the IV. My Orthopedic dr. at the 2 week check up, told me to go see a Rheumatologist, my right index finger only showed chronic inflamation. 5 1/2 weeks after the swelling started, and only got worse, even my feet swelled until I could hardly walk, I had my first visit with a Rheumatologist. That day, April 26th, he said it was RA. I was totally blown away. There is NO history of RA in either side of my family. I'm the first. It's really been scary reading all about it and I've finally stopped looking up things on the internet. This support group has really helped and has given me lots of information and question to ask my Dr. I went back for a second visit last week and he increased my Methatrexate to 5 pills for 2 weeks then 6 pills, I'm on 5mg predinsone 2x a day, folic acid 1x a day and motrin 400mg 3x a day. I was doing Vioxx but I felt Motrin would do just as much and it has.Thank you all and sorry this is so long.Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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