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Terrible Joint pain.  Polyarthritis.

Feb 22, 2008 02:18PM - 2 comments

Started with pain back in Jan. 2006.  I had it several weeks and then it was gone.  Came back worse than ever.  I have had about 6 rounds of the pain.  Rheumotoligist says it is polyarthritis.  I have spent hours trying to find something that explains what I am going through.  Dr. says long term plan is to stay on pain meds and predisone.  Pain meds are ok, but they make me really sleepy and it is hard to function at work and home.  Pain started in 2006 in fingers and toes.  Now every joint is effected.  The other night my knee hurt so bad it would not have hurt worse than if someone took a sledgehammer to it.  
People don't understand the pain.  Some doctors have told me that I was depressed and stressed out.  Well, first of all, who isn't now days?  Second, if I were this depressed and stressed I would have committed suicide by now.
I just want to talk to someone hurting like me and what you are doing to function.
My story is a lot longer, but don't have time to tell all of it.  
So if anyone is going through this, let's talk.



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by mjm777, Feb 22, 2008 05:30PM
I understand what you are going through.  I have had similiar pain, but with no diagnosis.  Both of my knees hurt so bad that it hurts to stand or lay down.  My elbows hurt as well and I have pain under my arm.  I take meds, but they don't seem to help.  My husband doesn't understand how it hurts.  He has knee pain, but it isn't the same.  Mine is constant.  I am 45 years old, but I feel 100.  I can't exercise because it hurts.  I have been to doctor after doctor.  Blood tests do not show arthritis but the symptoms match.  I have tried to search on the internet to research my symptoms, but I have so many that it gets confusing.  I wonder what my future holds.

by KMRN, Mar 29, 2008 06:18PM
I have had epiodes off joint pain on and of o years.  My hand, wrists and finger hurt, my elbow and shouldes as well as my ankles and tos.  All labs that I have had dawn (many times) have ben negative.  One doctor think I am a drug seeek, the othes just don't know what to think.  I feel liike I spend so much time in bed, that life is passing me buy

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