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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 389097" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I totally agree with you gcv. They keep telling me that I dont have RA because I am too old for it to start. Ummm....I began with arthritis problems younger but I just wasnt seeing THESE docs then...lol. I lived in another county or another state. Also for so long people just told me I was imagining things...if I just dropped weight it would all be better. I actually had a doctor tell me I had spoon in mouth disease. If I just stopped eating for a year, I would feel just dandy. At that point she was about a six 4 and I weighed about 230. I left her office in tears and didnt attempt to get help for anything for years after that. Why would I? </p><p> </p><p>Even now my RA factors dont show rheumatoid antibodies. There is such a thing as serum negative RA which some doctors have thrown out there as a speculative diagnosis for me. It is getting curiouser and curiouser now because my hands are becoming more affected which shouldnt be happening. I am degenerating before their eyes like something is just eating away at the bones and joints. I do think there is some weird disease that they havent found that isnt following the rules they have set out. Its not OA and its not RA, but its hurting people like me and your hubby. I have no idea what we did to have in common to make this happen. Maybe we should type stuff out and we could find some common link!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 389097, member: 1514"] I totally agree with you gcv. They keep telling me that I dont have RA because I am too old for it to start. Ummm....I began with arthritis problems younger but I just wasnt seeing THESE docs then...lol. I lived in another county or another state. Also for so long people just told me I was imagining things...if I just dropped weight it would all be better. I actually had a doctor tell me I had spoon in mouth disease. If I just stopped eating for a year, I would feel just dandy. At that point she was about a six 4 and I weighed about 230. I left her office in tears and didnt attempt to get help for anything for years after that. Why would I? Even now my RA factors dont show rheumatoid antibodies. There is such a thing as serum negative RA which some doctors have thrown out there as a speculative diagnosis for me. It is getting curiouser and curiouser now because my hands are becoming more affected which shouldnt be happening. I am degenerating before their eyes like something is just eating away at the bones and joints. I do think there is some weird disease that they havent found that isnt following the rules they have set out. Its not OA and its not RA, but its hurting people like me and your hubby. I have no idea what we did to have in common to make this happen. Maybe we should type stuff out and we could find some common link! [/QUOTE]
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