first appoinment over still no answers

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Hello I am still really new to this group. and I have been reading every ones

posts and every thing sounds so familiar. any way i went to the Rhumatoligst on

Monday and well 11 vials of blood one cup of urine and 14 xrays later I am still

waiting for some kind of answer. the doctor was very nice and seemed to

understand what i was saying she is just confused as to why my blood work

doesn't show what is going on. I should hear on Thursday if they found anything.

if my tests are still normal i will have to have an ultrasound on my fingers to

see if she can see the inflammation that way. and try me on a couple of weeks of

predisone and see how i respond and if i do respond well to the prednisone then

she will see what course of treatment to follow then . I don't know if any one

else has went threw so many steps to get some kind of answer to the stiffness

and pain and loss of motion in there joints but never the less this is where i

am at. stiff sore exhausted some times so swollen i can not close my hands or

grip anything. she did say that there is an inflammatory arthritis that starts

in the back and then moves to the fingers and toes and she does think that i may

have that but needs to check every thing else out. and RA is most likely my

issue but i have no clinical tests to prove it just symptoms. ahhh oh well just

wanted to post an update hope every one is doing better tonight or on there way

to wellness thanks for listening and the advice from Michigan.