a question about neck pain

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Hi all,

I feel like I've been quite a freeloader. I PROMISE if I ever know

anything I will pitch in. But for now, I just have questions.

Right now I am in the early stages of getting diagnosed (I have

symptoms of more than one kind of arthritis apparently, some kind of

smorgasbord, so diagnosis is still ongoing). I had xrays that

indicated " mild " (hah!) arthritis in my neck.

I do have what I think of as arthritic pain there (it feels like my

hands and feet feel in the mornings). But I also have something else

going on of late, and I wanted to ask if it's typical. I tried

looking it up in the archives, but have had no luck. Here's my question:

I am getting a weird, sharp pain in my neck. It's not " achy. " And

it's a response to movement--not movement at the edge of my range of

(neck) movement, just normal movement (like I'm just looking more or

less straight ahead, not craining my neck around). It happens when I'm

moving my head around just a little, in the ordinary course of the

day. It doesn't last or anything--it's like a sudden burst. Then

it's gone.

It's hard to explain. But maybe somebody recognizes something about

it? Like I said, it's not the pain I get in hands and feet, or even

in my neck most of the time.

many thanks,

Lynda