Hello everyone. I hope you are all well.
I am having widespread pain again. The last flare was May 2014. I have pain in my thumbs, finger s, back, neck, knees, hips... I can hear everything grinding together and pulling. I feel awful. I can't stay in one position for long as it's so uncomfortable. I am also struggling with fatigue and muscle twitching. I had a mild anxiety attack on the way to work last week..... I actually thought that this might be the start of another hormonal crash prior to a period. The pain has gradually become worse over the course of two weeks. I am in agony.... usually the Ibruprofen gets rid of the pain but it was barely touching it this time. Went back to the doctors for blood tests. As most of you know, my ESR and CPR were raised in the last blood test, had another one and they came down. Had a blood test for the Rheumatoid Factor but came back negative. The doctor wants to repeat the tests again,, but this time do another test for Rheumatoid A which is a more accurate test than the standard RF. I'm really starting to wonder if I have this condition..... I'm really quite scared and I feel really crap. I was doing fairly well until this. Anyone else suffered widespread pain like this? The doctor asked how long I'd been having this problem... I told him several years..... said it was a long time to be suffering that long. I need to go to work this evening.... not sure how I will get on but I have to go......
Thanks for being here and any comments or support will be greatly appreciated!
Jess