Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Hi and Dee, Yea congradulations and I remember the feeling, and it really does work, it took me 3 yrs, which was long but it is still gone. My belief is that some people really have this disease ingrained and it takes longer for some than others, but they do different things now and from what I can tell it seems to happen faster, Great news for you and Good Luck from Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! MJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 on 3/8/01 4:59 PM, arjay at arjay@... wrote: > I just got my new lab test back and my RA Factor is NEGATIVE---wild > cheering now please. Yippee! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing the good news. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Exactly deejay. Take it from those of us with psoriatic arthritis and can go years without being diagnosed properly. We have all the same nasty conditions as those with RA, yet our treatment is the same. deano From: " Judy " <deejay@...> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:08:52 -0700 <rheumatic > Subject: rheumatic RA Factor My understanding of this blood test is that it is diagnostic - to determine if you indeed have RA or not. Positive is yes - negative is no and the # value doesn't indicate the severity of your disease. BTW, you can also test negative and still have all the symptoms indicating that indeed you most likely do have RA. Just that facts, folks, as I remember them from 25 years as a medical secretary. deejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2001 Report Share Posted September 22, 2001 Roseanne.....very well said, I am in agreement 100% ) Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hi all, I'm new and I have a question that has been weighing on my mind. I had a ra factor test done a couple weeks ago and it said that the results were abnormal(active) and that a normal result would be non reactive. Is that true? I was reading online that a test result of less than 20 was normal. Why does my test just say my results are active rather than giving a number? Thanks, RAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Blood tests are now all zoned out to alert physicians to the possibility of issues. I, like you, thought the doctor would look at the actually numbers and come to some kind of educated conclusion. I know this because I received an " urgent " message from my former  Rheumatologist . Weeks later I received a copy of my blood work and discovered exactly the same (word for word) urgent message printed by the computer on one of the tests. I don't have it in for doctors, it's just that things aren't always like they want you to think they are. They're just people like us. Stan Seattle, Sun! [ ] ra factor Hi all, I'm new and I have a question that has been weighing on my mind. I had a ra factor test done a couple weeks ago and it said that the results were abnormal(active) and that a normal result would be non reactive. Is that true? I was reading online that a test result of less than 20 was normal. Why does my test just say my results are active rather than giving a number? Thanks, RAK ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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