Response to Kathleen and a question for

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In a message dated 1/28/02 5:26:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,

lovett@... writes:

<< it doesn't turn red but the joints look

very knobby and swollen sometimes, like the bones are now sticking

out. Is this arthritis, if they aren't red? The knobbiness seems to

come and go. Or is it just early osteoarthritis? I'm (only) 46 (w >>

Sue, I just had this conversation with my rheumy. she said that the knobby,

swollen, but not red was osteoarthritis. It usually starts around 45 years

old. Told me to just take NASID's for it.

hugs

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Sue,

Make you some cute pom=poms and stand in front of the TV with a short skirt on. lol I bet you will get noticed or tossed aside one. lol

It's good to see a post from you, I am so behind I will never catch up. But just know I think of you all often and your in my prayers.

Love, Lu

.. I'm not much of a football fan, although when it comes to baseball I'm hopeless.

Best wishes to all, SUE from Boston

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I have been on colchicine since I was diagnosed with RP by Dr.

Trentham almost two years ago. From what I gather from my reading,

it is a mild immunosuppressant and allows me to carry on without

prednisone. I have diarrhea only very occasionally and seem to

otherwise tolerate colchicine well. (Unlike MTX, I can have a glass

of wine!) It is mostly prescribed as a anti-gout medication and is

given to some gout patients long term. I also take Voltaren, a

NSAID, which is useful since I have some spinal arthritis.

I do have a question for , since she brought up her possible

development of RP into RA. I have recently had a lot of joint pains

in my fingers and wrists--it doesn't turn red but the joints look

very knobby and swollen sometimes, like the bones are now sticking

out. Is this arthritis, if they aren't red? The knobbiness seems to

come and go. Or is it just early osteoarthritis? I'm (only) 46 (will

be 47 on Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, which blows my birthday since the

New England Patriots are in the Superbowl and my husband will be

glued to the TV) . I'm not much of a football fan, although when it

comes to baseball I'm hopeless.

Best wishes to all, SUE from Boston