Arthritis

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

Hey does anyone else in the house have arthritis??? Doesn't matter which type I was just wondering...

I have JRA (Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) in my hands and back and probably other places...

Dude I'm so inflamed right now you can fry an egg on me :sleep:

[SunsetParadise19]

(((hugs))):spoon::spoon::spoon::spoon:

[stacekins]

My doctor said that I have poly-arthritis, whatever that means, I have to do some research and figure out what the heck it is. :blink:

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

polyarthritis is arthritis in more than one joint...the full name for my disease is Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis...because when it developed it was in more than one joint and i was under 16 when i got it and it's RA.

Is it RA or OA?

[stacekins]

its not RA cause my Rheumatoid factors always come back normal. So it must be OA

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

well there are over 100 types of arthritis Staci!!!! RA and OA are the most common types though. Ask your rheumy.

[stacekins]

funny thing...my Rheumy didn't dx me with it...my PCP did. My Rheumy pretty much did NOTHING for me. He dx'd me with fibro and told me to have a nice life cause he wasn't going to do any treatment for me. I only saw him once. So I'll have to talk to my PCP about it.

[xxBrittany]

My mom has arthritis in her back.
:)

I have arthritis, a lot of places. Especially in my shoulders.

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

How old are we??? 86?

[xxBrittany]

HAHAHAHA.
Yeah, for real.

[stacekins]

I feel like i'm 86 most of the time...I know I have more than enough aches and pains to be that age. :D

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

yeah my doc told me my collagen's 75...

[stacekins]

I would bet that mines at least that old too :D

[xxBrittany]

I think I have you all beat. I think mine is atleast 1,738 years old. ;) HAHAHAHAHA.

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

Well...i'm having trouble finding people who've dislocated their SI joints...seeing as they aren't supposed to even MOVE.

[stacekins]

I would bet that mine has dislocated before.

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

I bet it has too!

[xxBrittany]

My SI joints dislocate.
On a daily basis. :(

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

my friend heard me relocate four vertebrae the other day...he was totally grossed out...

[stacekins]

I can understand why they would be grossed out...it grosses ME out when I hear my own joints do it.

[xxBrittany]

my friend heard me relocate four vertebrae the other day...he was totally grossed out...

Not to be mean, but that made me laugh considering I did this yesterday when I was on a date. I didn't even think of it to grossing him out.. haha.. it's so normal to me.
But I hope all is doing well though for you Steph!

[ReineDeLaSeine14]

LOL my back's a mess but what else? :)

[xxBrittany]

Ha, it never ends for us EDS- folks. ;)