I feel you on the whack-a-mole journey. If it isn't one thing, it's another. We started having light rain and that really intensifies bursitis in my knee. Funny thing is, it doesn't affect my osteo-arthritis.
I'm surprised rheumatoid arthritis doesn't have a marker to confirm it in a blood test. I have a whole host of auto-immune disorders and most of them were discovered because a certain marker showed up in my labs.
Good luck with the doctor's appointment. It's very challenging to never know just which part of the body is going to go haywire each day!
I do think there are markers for Rheumatoid arthritis, but this also means within my HMO, there probably has to be a certain level of problems to get the referral. But on the other hand, most of the treatment for everything is pretty much the same, rest, ice, elevate, and compression. (smile.)
I hope your PCP can refer you directly to a rheumatologist, or maybe even order the blood tests anyway.
It's raining and cold here today, and I had to go out in it to run errands. I wore plenty of layers but wow am I sore after that. And icing is NOT going to happen, I'm still chilly.
I feel you on the whack-a-mole journey. If it isn't one thing, it's another. We started having light rain and that really intensifies bursitis in my knee. Funny thing is, it doesn't affect my osteo-arthritis.
I'm surprised rheumatoid arthritis doesn't have a marker to confirm it in a blood test. I have a whole host of auto-immune disorders and most of them were discovered because a certain marker showed up in my labs.
Good luck with the doctor's appointment. It's very challenging to never know just which part of the body is going to go haywire each day!
I do think there are markers for Rheumatoid arthritis, but this also means within my HMO, there probably has to be a certain level of problems to get the referral. But on the other hand, most of the treatment for everything is pretty much the same, rest, ice, elevate, and compression. (smile.)
I hope your PCP can refer you directly to a rheumatologist, or maybe even order the blood tests anyway.
It's raining and cold here today, and I had to go out in it to run errands. I wore plenty of layers but wow am I sore after that. And icing is NOT going to happen, I'm still chilly.