Re: I confess Thanks !

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I read thru one, and wow! Learned some things- you are awesome, thank you!!! I

suppose still I might call it RA or DJD when a stranger asks- just cuz otherwise

they will have no clue what I am talking about. Maybe I do have both, cuz my RA

factor was - according to my doc " very high " and I do now have more symmetry

than in the begginning. I also now have nodules.

I did not understand " pencil in a cup " but I definetly know " sausage digits "

That was one of the first complaints I had made to my doc- " hey man, my fingers

and toes all look like overstuffed sausages and feel like them, too " he started

laughing so hard. He said yes, that is what we call them.

I have very little psoriasis, and the MTX has made that remit. My brother has

severe arthritis and my mom was dx'ed RA. and my sister, twin to the bro with

psoriasis was dx'ed carpal tunnel.

- In , " " <Matsumura_Clan@m...> wrote:

> Psoriatic arthritis (PA) and RA differ in several ways, but PA can be

> symmetrical and quite destructive, too. Normally, PA is not associated

> with nodules or a positive RF. The great majority of people with PA also

> have psoriasis.

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> Please check out the links I sent on PA for more detailed information.

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> I'll tell you where to go!

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> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

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> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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> [ ] I confess

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> > (head hung in shame) My dx is not RA anymore- it is PA- psoriatic

> arthritis. I say RA to people like the kids teachers when they meet me

> at the door of the classroom and it takes me so long to walk across the

> room- or when someone at the store says Hey Lady- you cannot park in

> handicapped (Yes, I have a placard- but- people still yell- even when I

> am hobbling to grab the nearest cart to walk with)

> > My doc said the biggest difference is PA is not symmetrical, my left

> and right sides flare independant...and also each finger and toe flares

> independant- and each joint of each finger and toe. I think he said PA

> is generally NOT as destructive, but then he checked my XRays and - bit

> his tongue. Quite a few toes have dissolved bones- both wrists, many

> fingers- (thats as far as he checked with Xrays) and----- then I also

> have lots of calcium deposits- base of both thumbs, wrists heels,

> ankles, shoulders.. (I know the shoulders from previously when I had a

> workers comp shoulder injury)

> > I think really this is about the entire sum of everything he has told

> me about my illness. Kinda told me learn as I go, play it by ear, look

> online.. etc.