DO THE JOINT STOP HURTING AFTER TREATMENT?

It never occurred to me to get tested for RA. Thanks guys! I just figured since I'm on my last three months... all these leg, ankle and foot pains were an accumulation of the meds. Does anyone know if they will cease after tx? Somedays I feel ninety years old!! Thanks.

[mremeet]

I hope so. Otherwise my new handle will be limp-a-long cassidy. In all seriousness though, from what I've heard in many (if not most) tx related incidents of arthritis will fade with time or go away altogether after treatment stops. But if you're getting older and are predisposed to getting arthritis anyway, it may be here to stay in one form or another. Hope you feel better soon.

[GrandmaA]

My tx stopped 2 1/2 weeks ago and I'm now having a little trouble with my ankle. Maybe I pulled it or strained it. I had no trouble with it on tx.  

[Teufelhunden]

I'm three months post tx and most of my aches and pains have dissipated. My hands sometimes feel arthritic which they didn't before or during treatment but then again, in may be because I've been digging tree stumps since I've been off treatment. I've had knee and backaches in the past and my wife believes the treatment may have caused an increase in my aches and pains during those 48 weeks. I think mremeet is right though. Just when you get done with one thing, another takes it's place. Arthritis...