Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi, I am newly diagnosed & disabled with RA (9 mo), although I apparently had it for years and just kept going. After a methotrexate failure, I am on Plaquanil. It seems to be helping a lot. Still have a lot of fatigue but more able to be on my feet. My worst arthritis is in the joints at the bottom of my toes & fingers. The other day I tried a 'stretch and flex' class at the YMCA. I didn't do a lot of it, because of not being able to be on my feet and definitely on my toes. But I did catch myself with some show-stopping pain. That's where I stopped, and waited for the floor exercises. Since then, I have had a new pain in my ankle. Not the normal RA pain which is basically the whole joint, but a pain on the inside part of my ankle. Is this RA? I am asking, I guess, if I could have harmed my joint by that exercise. Any thoughts? laurel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I've had two partial tears on my Achilles tendon since being diagnosed with RA. So it may not be traditional RA joint pain but still RA related. I started with Plaquinil and Voltaren. Then we added methotrexate but I had too many side effects (lost 2-days a week with headaches and stomach issues) After methotrexate I went to sulfasalizaine and humira. The doctor never took me off the plaquinil and voltaren - he seems to just add drugs on top of what I'm already taking when the symptoms get bad again. Good luck, On Jan 6, 2008 5:31 PM, prescottjuniper <@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, I am newly diagnosed & disabled with RA (9 mo), although I > apparently had it for years and just kept going. After a methotrexate > failure, I am on Plaquanil. It seems to be helping a lot. Still have > a lot of fatigue but more able to be on my feet. My worst arthritis > is in the joints at the bottom of my toes & fingers. The other day I > tried a 'stretch and flex' class at the YMCA. I didn't do a lot of > it, because of not being able to be on my feet and definitely on my > toes. But I did catch myself with some show-stopping pain. That's > where I stopped, and waited for the floor exercises. > > Since then, I have had a new pain in my ankle. Not the normal RA pain > which is basically the whole joint, but a pain on the inside part of > my ankle. Is this RA? I am asking, I guess, if I could have harmed > my joint by that exercise. > > Any thoughts? > > laurel > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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