Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 At long last I got to see my new Rheumy. The worse part of moving to a new state is starting over with doctors. I'm not sure what to think of this new doc. I felt more like a piece of meat being examined, and his gentleness could use some improvement. June I think I need to send you to him so you can teach him how to examine patients LOL!!! The good thing about this visit is that this doctor seems to be interested in looking for answers. He finds it strange that my hands are not affected in spite of having RA for over 25 years. He asked if any previous doctors had any other opinions about my diagnoses, and I told him about one doctor that suspected psoriatic arthritis because my daughter has psoriasis. My only skin involvement is a spot on both legs about the size of a pencil eraser and a rash that I have on my face the clears up when I'm in the sun. He did say that this small patch was enough to diagnose psoriatic arthritis. He ordered so many blood tests that I wondered if I'd pass out from blood loss LOL! One test is the new anti-CCP which is helpful in diagnosing RA. He also ordered a Lymes test. The last one I had done was in 1985 and that test was very inaccurate. Although there is a new and more accurate lymes test, previous rheumys wouldn't order it for me in spite of me asking for it since I've been bitten by hundreds of ticks. They said that if I had lymes for this many years it would have gone to my brain by now. Maybe they don't know me very well and don't know what a scatterbrain I am I go back in 3 weeks and will probably start on Bextra. Hopefully it won't elevate my BP the way Vioxx did. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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