Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 It's very hard to say what's going on, . It's possible you don't have and didn't have RA or FM. Aside from pain, stiffness, and the labs, how were the diagnoses made in the first place? How high is your RF? I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] Remission? > I had a blood test looking for possible RA back in > Dec. The results came back with elevated ESR and > possitive for RF. The doc suggested I start on a low > dosage of prednisone but I said I wanted to wait and > get another opinion. I went to a rheumy who thought I > might have FM and said aside from using Viox if I have > a flare and a seditive for sleeping(aches kept me up) > there was no treatment.That was also back in Dec. > Through my reading I found some studies that diet > could agrevate autoimmune type problems so I decided > to try going on a vegan diet. Last Tues I went back > for a follow-up visit with the rheumy and had another > blood test. This time after examination he concluded > that maybe I didn't have FM after all. This time my > blood test also came back positive for RF but the ESR > is back within normal ranges. The rheumy thinks the RF > is a false positive. Is this common? Or do I still > have some sort of rheumatoid and have pushed it back > into subclinical or remission state? I still have some > stiffness, especially in the low back. I'm tempted to > try another career but if the respite from this is > only temporory I could be in big trouble if the new > job is more physically demanding with poorer health insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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