Doctor Can’t Make a Diagnosis He Is Guessing - Help!!!!!!! Posted: 07-26-05 09:59am
I am a 38 year old male. A year ago I
felt fine, the only arthritis issue I had
at that point was gout. I would get a
flare up in my toe about 1 a year, take
medicine for a couple days and it would go
away.
Last summer I felt very energetic and
decided to do a few things around the
house. I built a very large shed, rota
tilled the front and large back yard,
moved some very large concrete slabs about
200lbs, carried about 50 pieces drywall
downstairs and other building materials.
After all of this my shoulder became very
sore. My doctor put me on some nsaid
drugs. The pain became worse after a
while then I started to notice my hands
were hurting. I went to the doctor again
and he said that I had de quervain's
tenosynovitis. I was injected with
cortisone and it helped for a while then
my hand started to become numb. I went
to the doctor again and I was told that I
now had carpel tunnel syndrome. I again
was injected with cortisone in the carpel
tunnel but it didn’t work at all. I
had surgery on the carpel tunnel and the
hand numbness went away. I still
couldn’t make a fist. I still have
pain in my shoulders and my left wrist
also. After a month or two I had surgery
again on my left hand to work on my
tendons so that I could make a fist again.
After the surgery the surgeon wasn’t
sure what I had attached to my tendons.
The surgeon said that it wasn’t ra since
what was on the tendons was a hard crystal
like substance. The surgeon had to
“chip” away this substance so that I
could move my tendons. I can now make a
fist 80% of the way in my left hand. The
rheumatologist said that what I have
resembles psoriatic arthritis but I
don’t have any of the symptoms other
than the hard substance on the tendons.
I just started methotrexate and I really
don’t like it. I think that something
else is causing my problems, it is hard to
believe that I would get this serious
arthritis all of a sudden especially right
after I did all of this heavy work. Any
ideas what I can do??
:(
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hurtallover
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Oklahoma
Posted: 12-02-05 01:44am
Are you going to a rheumatologist???? I
hope so!!!!!! Please get a diagnosis
before you let anyone cut on you anymore.
These autoimmune disorders are difficult
to diagnose but it's a process we have to
go through. I don't feel I have a
choice. I have a good rheumy who's
working hard to get to the bottom of my
disease, but no cutting please.
Good luck. My heart goes out to you and
I send you a big hug.
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rakko
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Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Palmdale, California
Doctor Can’t Make a Diagnosis He Is Guessing - Help!!!!!!! Posted: 12-03-05 00:30am
I had a similar problem and a similar
"misdiagnoses"/"diagnoses". Are the
doctors "guessing"? I don't know
either.
But, I came across this information on the
net. Btw, the only medicine that did me
some good was prednisone, but my doctor
wisely only gave me five days of doses.
For those five days, it relieved all my
symptoms. However, being a steroid it is
very "hard on the body" and all I need are
more problems. Prednisone is truly a
wonder drug . . . But the stress on
the liver, etc . . .
But wait!!!!
Something very promising is on the
horizon! Please read the first two
articles and digest the import and the
possibilities. . . It's on this
page:
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Palmdale, California
Doctor Can’t Make a Diagnosis He Is Guessing - Help!!!!!!! Posted: 12-03-05 00:34am
You might have to copy and paste the url
into your browser, or even rewrite it.
For some reason I get a message that "this
server" doesn't connect to that url.
Maybe a proprietary option of ehealth
forum?
Rakko
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rakko
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Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Palmdale, California
Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Appleton, WI USA
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Posted: 01-14-07 14:55pm
I actually have a cd of a presentation
given by a doctor about how nutritional
supplements have helped several of his
patients, from diabetes to arthritis to
cancer. It's about 70min long and if
anyone would like one just drop me an
email and i'll send one out to you free of
charge. No catch.
The case he talks about regarding a
co-worker with arthritis was very
interesting.
