Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hope you have a sense of humor: Lucky you, you only have 1/2 of the disease AnneMarie Ichiki <amichiki@...> wrote: Hi I've been diagnosed with RA for just over 2 years. I'm Irish but live in Japan. After I was first diagnosed, I went home for a visit and saw a rheumatologist there who suggested I had palindromic RA partly because I had asymmetrical symptoms. However, my guy here told me that palindromic RA was more usually one that had symptoms that came and went, for various lengths of time. I had mild but consistent symptoms. Just being asymmetrical doesn't seem to be a reason for it not being RA. There are many of us who only feel it on one side. best wishes AnneMarie [ ] Re: HI AGIN WITH QUESTIONS > I'm very new to this, but my symptoms aren't always symmetrical. My > Rheumatologist said it was unusual, but not at all unheard of. She > called it " Palindromic RA " > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hi Annemarie, Mine does come and go, sometimes rapidly going from joint to joint. (though the pain in my trochanter bursars has been pretty unrelenting) I'm not sure what mild vs. more severe RA is. Based on symptoms, mine feels pretty severe... At it's worst, two percocet don't begin to touch the pain, and I've had joints totally seize up. But I don't have any joint damage at this point, so I guess from that perspective, it's mild. --- In , " AnneMarie Ichiki " <amichiki@...> wrote: > > Hi > I've been diagnosed with RA for just over 2 years. I'm Irish but live in > Japan. After I was first diagnosed, I went home for a visit and saw a > rheumatologist there who suggested I had palindromic RA partly because I had > asymmetrical symptoms. > However, my guy here told me that palindromic RA was more usually one that > had symptoms that came and went, for various lengths of time. I had mild but > consistent symptoms. > Just being asymmetrical doesn't seem to be a reason for it not being RA. > There are many of us who only feel it on one side. > > best wishes > AnneMarie > > [ ] Re: HI AGIN WITH QUESTIONS > > > > I'm very new to this, but my symptoms aren't always symmetrical. My > > Rheumatologist said it was unusual, but not at all unheard of. She > > called it " Palindromic RA " > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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