Does this sound like RA? New member...

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Hello. I'm glad to have found this group. I thought I had already posted my

intro but haven't seen it so here I go again.

Could you tell me if the following sounds like RA to you?

A month ago, after sitting in the car all day, I started having severe pain in

my knee. I had an enlarged node in that armpit also. That night I was in agony

and used anti-inflammatories and an ice pack, which helped. Over a week or two

the knee gradually improved, and then my feet began to hurt, on the inside bony

part near the arch. Mornings are the worst, where I hobble around like an old

lady (I'm 37). One foot is worse than the other and I feel it all day, though

the first few hours in the morning are definitely the worst. At the start of the

foot pain in my left foot I also had an enlarged node in the left armpit. My

feet have been hurting the past two weeks, and last week I started waking up

also with stiff, sore wrists - the right one being far worse. This stiffness

lasts until mid-afternoon. My doc did blood tests but only the Rheumatoid Factor

test showed anything - I scored 20 (under 14 is normal according to this lab).

My appt with the rheumy isn't until next week so I'm hoping someone here could

let me know if this does sound like RA or not....?

Thanks,

Soni