Guest guest Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 My dx came as a result of clinical exam of red, hot, swollen joints, pos fam hx, fluid from knee joint full of WBCs (something like 4500), high ESR(>20), RF, and antiCCP of 85. My antiCCP dropped to about 35 when I was pg, but no one has checked it since. My RF and ESR are normal now... Well maybe not this minute, I'm having some activity, but 99% of the time, I'm fine. Enbrel is a godsend for me. Within a week I didn't gel up on my commute or at my desk. Within 6 mos my exam was normal. Bless those folks at Amgen! No one made diet recs, but trying gluten free makes sense. Kate f Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Light <lauralight1972@...> wrote: > When Dr.'s catch RA Early, can I ask, what do they typically do? Give you drugs, ask you to just modify diet, or exercise more, less? Anyone? As well, can anyone talk to me about the blood work that is done to prove it and what number or antibodies count would make it truely diagnosable as RA? > > Light > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 > > When Dr.'s catch RA Early, can I ask, what do they typically do? Give you drugs, ask you to just modify diet, or exercise more, less? Anyone? As well, can anyone talk to me about the blood work that is done to prove it and what number or antibodies count would make it truely diagnosable as RA? My understanding is that your doctor should start prescribing a dmard drug as soon as you are diagnosed. If you are treated with a dmard early you will have greatly reduced permanent joint damage. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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