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Hi! I am KD. I am 37 and a sahm to 2 kiddos (boy 6 yrs old and girl 13 yrs

old) and I take care of a baby during the day. I am new to this group. I'm

glad to find someone to talk to about my pain that will understand. I'm

having a very hard time right now.

I started seeing a Rheumatologist in June. My initial symptoms were pain in

my fingers and fatigue. Bloodwork showed that I had inflammation, but

nothing specific. With symptoms the doc diagnosed me with seronegative RA.

Since then I've been taking prednisone. I also started taking Calcium

w/Vitamin D. We tried Plaquinel, but after about 1 1/2 weeks on it, I had a

constant headache that would not go away. At times the headache was

unbearable. I stopped the Plaquinel and the headache went away w/in 2 days.

Now I am taking Folic Acid and Sulfasalazin. I've been on these meds for

about 1 1/2 weeks and I'm not noticing any difference. I am not up to the

full dosage yet. I have to keep adding a pill every week until I'm up to

4/day. I've actually started having more pain. On September 7th I started

having pain in my elbows and a tingling sensation inside my right arm, just

below the elbow. I was out of town for my husband's grandmother's funeral.

We came home on the 9th and by the 11th my elbows felt back to normal.

However, yesterday all the pain came back with a vengence. From my

shoulder blades to my neck and all the way down my arms is intense pain in

every joint. The muscles in my arms also feel very weak. While talking to

my mom on the phone yesterday, I felt like I was holding up a 10 pound

weight instead of the phone. I was so incredibly tired that all I wanted to

do was sit down and cry. This morning my arms feel like they weigh a ton

and my knees are hurting as well. I feel like all I do is complain and I

don't like it!!! I don't like feeling like I can't do anything. I have so

many things that need to get done and I have no energy to do them.

I am having a " pity party day " . All I can keep thinking is " why " and " when

will it get better " .

KD