Re: is this mild pain?

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

Even if you test come back Negative you can still have RA. I would go to

an RA doctor before you have damage you can not reverse. Take care.

Marsha

sparkleshinegals <sparklegals1@...> wrote:

Hi all, hope you had a good holiday -- I was GLAD to have all this

snow

because it made me stay home and rest!

My hands have begun hurting again, and I wondered what constitutes mild

versus moderate pain in the RA world.

I've been taking 500 mg of Relafen 3x a day for the last few days. It

helps a little but not much. I have been taking 25 mg amitriptyline

every night (for the last 2 months) but I still wake up with pain in

the middle of the night.

I have a high pain threshold and do not like to take ANY medication.

(btw, all tests came back negative for RA so I am taking the " wait and

see " approach). That said, if I'm damaging my joints, and this pain is

already at a level that suggests a rheum. visit, I will get on it.

Any thoughts? Just want a perspective other than mine in case I am

just being a whiner. ha ha

Amy in CO

[Guest guest]

I have the same pain and my RA came back negative so my doctor chalked it up to

Raynaud's syndrome you might look into that.......

[ ] is this mild pain?

Hi all, hope you had a good holiday -- I was GLAD to have all this snow

because it made me stay home and rest!

My hands have begun hurting again, and I wondered what constitutes mild

versus moderate pain in the RA world.

I've been taking 500 mg of Relafen 3x a day for the last few days. It

helps a little but not much. I have been taking 25 mg amitriptyline

every night (for the last 2 months) but I still wake up with pain in

the middle of the night.

I have a high pain threshold and do not like to take ANY medication.

(btw, all tests came back negative for RA so I am taking the " wait and

see " approach). That said, if I'm damaging my joints, and this pain is

already at a level that suggests a rheum. visit, I will get on it.

Any thoughts? Just want a perspective other than mine in case I am

just being a whiner. ha ha

Amy in CO

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[Guest guest]

If you have a high pain threshold and you are in pain despite the

Relafen and it's bad enough to wake you in the night I would call

that moderate pain. I have very bad pain, to the extent where all I

can do is lie in bed and cry - scream if someone tries to touch me.

But I have a low pain threshold, so I also consider that moderate. I

am on 500 mgs of Relafen twice a day, and it does help sometimes, but

the majority of the time I am in pain so bad I almost can't work

(desk job too!). I am also extremely fatigued. I have a Rheumy appt

on the 17th. My GP said I HAVE to go. I had a negative RA factor and

my SED rate was fine, but he says I can still have RA and he's been

right with four other diagnosis'. Please go see a rheumy before you

get any worse, while you can still do something to protect yourself

against damage.

Hugs,

Lyndsay

>

> Hi all, hope you had a good holiday -- I was GLAD to have all this

snow

> because it made me stay home and rest!

>

> My hands have begun hurting again, and I wondered what constitutes

mild

> versus moderate pain in the RA world.

> I've been taking 500 mg of Relafen 3x a day for the last few days.

It

> helps a little but not much. I have been taking 25 mg

amitriptyline

> every night (for the last 2 months) but I still wake up with pain

in

> the middle of the night.

>

> I have a high pain threshold and do not like to take ANY

medication.

> (btw, all tests came back negative for RA so I am taking the " wait

and

> see " approach). That said, if I'm damaging my joints, and this

pain is

> already at a level that suggests a rheum. visit, I will get on it.

>

> Any thoughts? Just want a perspective other than mine in case I am

> just being a whiner. ha ha

>

> Amy in CO

>