Re: Were RA symptoms gradual.../trip to dr today

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Went to my dr, said she thought it was osteo, but ran blood tests to make sure

it isnt autoimmune- 4 vials of blood!! and gave me an Rx of extra strength

Naproxyn to take.

Guess I'll find out!

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Let us know the results, . Be sure to get your own copy of the

results.

Sue

On Dec 27, 2010, at 8:20 PM, laura wrote:

> Went to my dr, said she thought it was osteo, but ran blood tests to

> make sure it isnt autoimmune- 4 vials of blood!! and gave me an Rx

> of extra strength Naproxyn to take.

>

> Guess I'll find out!

>

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>

My symptoms were quite gradual; mainly extreme fatigue at first--was told

it was depression, early menopause( had high estogen and normal periods),stress,

hypothyroidism, etc etc. Knee pain came next--which was blamed on running I had

been doing for 22 yrs. Then index finger pain, generally feeling flu-like all

the time, neck pain. ; then migratory wierd pain---one day my knee would be so

bad i couldn't go to work, 2 days later that would be completely gone and it

would be one elbow, then the opposite shoulder. this went on for 2 years before

my new PCP had an aunt who had just been diagnosed with RA after the same type

of symptoms--she did Rheum factor and anti-CCP---both very high. Long post,

but just shows how differently RA can present in each of us. Louise Oh yeah,

I have never had any swelling-- " just " pain.