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What is the deal with all the nbsp throughout my e-mail? & nbsp; How do you get

rid of them?

Thanks,

Barbara

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& amp;amp;gt; Why do you suspect polymyalgia rheumatica and your physicians RA?

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Probably just wishing thinking on my part & amp;amp;lt;g & amp;amp; gt;. HOWEVER,

here is why

I am leaning in that direction.

The way it came on, literally overnight. Pain jumps around. I never

know what new pain I will wake up to (muscles and joints). The pain

from the day before is totally gone. Seems to be focused on my

shoulder/upper arm area, although wrist or finger and knee are common

some days too. This morning my ankle and back are stiff and sore,

which has been been a problem before.

My RA is 84. SEDS is normal. AND... it came on the tail end of a

upper respitory viral type infection.

Through the day....once I am up and moving, the pain lessens

(although it is never totally gone from whatever area it decides to

hit that day). In the evening and especially through the night....

the pain is debilitating.

Ibruprophen doesn't touch the pain. One doc put me on a 3 week

regime of anti-inflamatories. .. which don't seem to be helping. ER

gave me a 30 day supply of Codine... which does take the edge off the

pain...... but I only take it when I absolutely have to. I don't

want to run out before I can get into see a Rheumatologist.

The PCP's see that RA reading and they can't seem to focus on

anything else.

Monday morning I will be on the phone making a couple of appointments

with Rheumatologists. Figure I will check out a couple and see who I

feel most comfortable with..

SHARON

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