Hello. I'm a 28 yo female. For the past 5 yrs or so I've been experiencing severe pain in my joints. This pain comes on quickly and usually lasts for a few days. it has affected both arms and both legs but never at the same time. It's always one arm at a time or one leg at a time. it's always in the 3 major joints of that appendage... for example, if it's my leg that hurts, the pain is in my hip, knee, and ankle. If it's my arm that hurts, it's my shoulder, elbow, wrist. the best way i can describe the pain is it feels like i fell off a bike and slapped my hand on the ground. the way that hand would feel, severly achy, is how my joints feel... only much more intense. recently my lower back started hurting. the pain came out of nowhere. it felt like a sciatic issue... pain in lower back that radiated down right leg. since then the right side of my tailbone has really been hurting. sitting and laying down make it a lot worse. standing and walking alleviate the pain slightly. i do not have health insurance so i have not seen a doctor about this. i would like to see a doctor but would like some ideas on what to ask him/her first. any advice or info would be greatly appreciated.
a little history
i'm 5'10" 175lbs
no major illnesses and the only operations were to remove my tonsils (age 21) and gallbladder (age 24)
3 children, all normal healthy deliveries, no c-sections
i have broken 8 bones, was tested for brittle bone disease, negative
used to be a moderate smoker and drinker but i quit a few months ago