Re: Judith - frozen shoulder

June 22, 2004

You mean they said there was no connection between frozen shoulder and

RA? I've just always thought that my frozen shoulders were a

manifestation of my RA. The shoulder is a joint. When my RA first

started, the pain jumped around from joint to joint, which I thought

was very strange. Then I got shingles, and my GP gave me a steroid

shot. All of my joint pain was miraculously gone for a few days. Then

it seemed to settle in my hands and shoulders. Frozen shoulders do

happen a lot to diabetics. Since I was referred to my rheumy by my

endo, diabetes was on the rheumy's mind. So he diagnosed me with frozen

shoulders and (in my hands) diabetic limited joint mobility joint

syndrome. When I read about the syndrome, it seemed to fit my symptoms,

except it was supposed to be painless. He got the diagnosis right a few

months later after he ordered bloodwork. Anyway, I was glad that the

methotrexate cured my frozen shoulders. I will have to ask him if he

thinks the frozen shoulders were just a manifestation of my RA. Sue

On Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 11:59 AM, judith brimsden wrote:

> I have asked my rheumie and my GP (General Practitioner) whether there

> is a connection between the two but they say there isn't. I have been

> on methotrexate but it did not suit me and I can't say it helped the

> Frozen Shoulder. Frozen Shoulders will, so I have been told by my

> doctor and physio, get better on their own they very very slowly

> defrost and this can be helped by the correct exercises. It is of

> course whether or not you can stand the pain in between which I

> couldn't.

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