questions about nodules

[Guest guest]

My mom had an RA nodule on her elbow. I had a nodule on a finger... they looked

the same- but I have not heard of anyone getting nodules on fingers. Has anyone

here heard of that? It went away after about 18 months, but my other hand a

different finger now has one.

Another thing is one finger turned sort of black and thick at the middle joint -

and it stayed that way maybe 12 months- then that went away and a middle finger

did it. (I was scared of- gangrene but doc said no) on top of both hands near

my wrist bend- I got a huge " ridge " on each that was very hard like a bone, and

very tall, I called it my hand mountain. by the base of my thumb over my wrist

on both hands there is also softer swelling that has been there a year. AFter

the MTX began the hard ridge slowly " melted " away and is now gone! YAY. but

the soft swelling is still there- looks sorta funny. I have also noticed it

seems some tissue on top of my hands is gone- more like just skin over bones (I

am not a little person- I have some padding, LOL) and the knuckles at the base

of most of my fingers there is soft swelling that has not subsided in maybe 2

years. SOmetimes it turns almost a blackish color- sometimes, when I bathe it

turns bright red, irregardless of if it hurts or not. Does anyone else have

this? Is this common and normal?

[Guest guest]

Hi to you dreamer and to Jillian, and any other new members I may have missed.

Everyone's stories are different, yet everyone's the same. We really are a

family here.

About nodules:

MTX use can cause nodules on the fingers. A friend of mine developed them

severely, and had to have surgery to remove them. According to her, however,

she feels so much better on MTX, it's worth the nodules.

I have the ridge on my wrists too, left worse than right, and most likely will

be on MTX soon. I hope it dissolves my " hand mountains "

Noreen

[Guest guest]

the nodules on my fingers do not hurt. They just are not very - pretty, LOL.

WHen I first got sick and could not work, I started getting my nails done-

scultured nails, ya know? well eventually I decided gosh those people doing

them really would manhandle my poor hands and THAT hurt- so I stopped. Now I

think maybe I would not get my nails done anyway cuz my fingers are so ugly. I

wear these compression gloves- partly cuz it often feels good, but I wear black

ones cuz it sometimes stops people from grabbing my hands. It also covers the

" mountains " LOL. The mountains themselves did not hurt either- you could push

on them and that did not hurt- it was just how they might restrict movement.

I think I did not like how the mountains looked- but I do not think other people

noticed them, really, mostly just me, even tho they were so tall. Nodules on

lungs like mike was talking about- I heard that too- and that sounds awful scary

to me!!!!!!!

I wonder if I would get better effect from injectable MTX? I am lucky- no

negative side effects from MTX but- I do not think I am getting a whole lot of

relief either. It has been just a full 3 months, tho. Maybe I need to be more

patient.

- In , " Noreen Saukko " <nsaukko@r...> wrote:

> Hi to you dreamer and to Jillian, and any other new members I may have missed.

> Everyone's stories are different, yet everyone's the same. We really are a

family here.

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> About nodules:

> MTX use can cause nodules on the fingers. A friend of mine developed them

severely, and had to have surgery to remove them. According to her, however,

she feels so much better on MTX, it's worth the nodules.

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> I have the ridge on my wrists too, left worse than right, and most likely will

be on MTX soon. I hope it dissolves my " hand mountains "

>

> Noreen

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