Re: ACUTE arthritis?

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Kathy,

Your experience sounds familiar to me. I had a few times when I suddenly

experienced severe symptoms that just as suddenly disappeared. It felt like

a switch got flipped on and off again.

I don't want to rain on your parade, Kathy, but even though you responded

very well to the AP, you still can get flares. They generally will be

milder and it will be longer between flares. I know, it gets scary when you

feel you are in remission and then experience a set-back.We call it the two

step forward, one step back " dance " of AP. It is not like that for

everybody, but generally AP is considered a long road, with ups and downs.

Even though it is not always smooth sailing, AP offers us a chance to get

our lives back without killing us in the process.

Take care,

Ute

At 05:17 AM 3/14/2009, you wrote:

>Hi can anyone tell me something? I have RA from mycoplasma infection and

>have been on minocycline for 18months now with very good results. my hands

>ache sometimes but not much..

>.. then last weds suddenly, (like in 30 minutes) my finger joint started

>to hurt and swelled up. (I mean I was working outisde and everything was

>fine, I went in for a short " power nap " and when i woke up it was

>swollen!) it contiued to swell and hurt bad by the time I got home from

>work I couldnt bend it at all. I went to the urgent care and they did

>blood work and an xray and said it might be gout, gave me a splint for it.

>tests came back negative for gout and they said xray just showed arthritic

>changes... so now its back to normal (saturday).. I am wondering if it

>could have actually been the RA with a sudden big flare in one joint

>only???? I was thinking of this cause i had a dog with RA once and she

>would be fine one day and then lame the next.. very sudden lameness that

>moved from place to place.. Just wondering cause it hurt very bad and I

>thought i was in remission.. now Im worried why this happened and whats

>gonna happen next.. Kathy in WV