Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 I'm seeing my rheumy next week to get my MRI results and I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips as to what to ask to determine whether this rheumy is any good or not? Should *all* RA patients start on drugs as soon as they possibly can, or does it depend on the severity of their symptoms? I've been feeling almost normal after the first 2 months... does that mean I had a 2-month flare and that I'll be fine until the next flare? From what I've read lately it seems that people's flares don't last as long as that generally? I still have pain if I touch the affected parts, but not the horrible stiffness/pain in the morning anymore. Sorry this email isn't very well structured but I'm very tired and not thinking too coherently right now! Soni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Soni, Yes, all people who are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis should receive disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) immediately. The choice of DMARD/DMARDs may depend on the severity of symptoms. The idea is to stay ahead of the disease - hit it early and hard and aim for remission. After a drug-induced remission is achieved, the DMARD/DMARDs may be slowly scaled back. The frequency, duration, and intensity of flares are unpredictable. Not an MD On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Tali <s@...> wrote: > I'm seeing my rheumy next week to get my MRI results and I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips as to what to ask to determine whether this rheumy is any good or not? Should *all* RA patients start on drugs as soon as they possibly can, or does it depend on the severity of their symptoms? > > I've been feeling almost normal after the first 2 months... does that mean I had a 2-month flare and that I'll be fine until the next flare? From what I've read lately it seems that people's flares don't last as long as that generally? I still have pain if I touch the affected parts, but not the horrible stiffness/pain in the morning anymore. > > Sorry this email isn't very well structured but I'm very tired and not thinking too coherently right now! > Soni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 writes: " The frequency, duration, and intensity of flares are unpredictable. " Hi all....my question is can flares be brought on by emotional stress? I had a bad fall and winter due to the emotional loss of a favorite horse and beloved dog. By March, I was in much pain, fatigue and depressed. It still has not receded. Could this be a result of the loss? Rojo Noble Beasts Ranch Grass Valley, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 , Emotional stress absolutely causes major flares - I've had more flares from emotions and stress than any other reason, even overdoing it physically. from California > > writes: > " The frequency, duration, and intensity of flares are unpredictable. " > > Hi all....my question is can flares be brought on by emotional stress? I had a bad fall and winter due to the emotional loss of a favorite horse and beloved dog. By March, I was in much pain, fatigue and depressed. It still has not receded. Could this be a result of the loss? > > Rojo > Noble Beasts Ranch > Grass Valley, CA > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 The worst flare recently was right after my daughter's wedding,which we did without a coordinator..yep, we did all the work. If I had to do it over again I'd have robbed a bank to pay a coordinator! It was a big formal wedding, too...on the coldest day we had in Texas.(13 degrees.) I'm not saying I didn't treasure every minute of it but there was heck to pay afterwards. It was worth it, she was beautiful, and they were both just luminous. My rheumy put me on a short course of pred the week of the wedding (he has daughters.)that's the only way i survived it. > > Although I have had RA for 15 years I am not sure what everyone > considers a flare. I have had two bad ones, the first one lasted for > two days and the second for 4 days. I couldn't move my fingers, I > couldn't get out of bed by my self, was hard to put my foot on the > ground to walk to the bathroom, that was all I could do. My joints > were really swollen and red. > When I had surgery for my carpel tunnel on my left hand the doctor > referred to my joints as being in a flare and they weren't near as > bad as the bad flares. > My joints are always swollen and sore but I have never considered > that a flare, I'm I wrong? > After reading some of the messages I have a lot of questions for my > rheumatologist on the 8th. > Can some of you give me your oppinions on flares? > in WA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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