Re: How to recover from painful ligament or cartilage problems?

Definitely get in to see your doctor and *insist* on something being done
to 
treat this.  My inflammatory arthritis has been affecting my thumbs in
major 
ways since April of 2000 - I well remember it starting up the weekend of
the 
Spring Arts Festival in Gainesville that year. As much as I hate pain in 
other finger joints, having it hit your thumb really affects everything in

your life, though it does teach you to appreciate the evolutionary advance

the opposable thumb was!  Anyway, get in to see your doc - thumbs are just

too im****tant!

Oh, and you can test negative for RA but still have it - 1/4 to 1/3 of
folks 
with it never test positive.  There are also many other types of
inflammatory 
arthritis some of which affect the ligaments, muscles and organs of the
body. 
 My brand is psoriatic arthritis and it has affected ligaments from time
to 
time as well as giving me some inflammation that makes no sense to anyone!
 A 
referral to a decent rheumatologist should get this investigated more 
thoroughly.

-- 
Nann
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 9:22:55 -0400, Harv wrote
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>):

> On Apr 27, 12:49 pm, "A M Jackson" <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 
>> After 8 months of daily left middle finger pains, now my left thumb
starts
>> having the same kind of pain too.
>> 
>> Can anyone out there offer any suggestions and recommendations? Thank
you 
>> so
>> much.
> 
> 
> Hi,,,, Usually if it is inflam.arth.,  it would be your middle finger
> on both hands or another finger on the other hand.  This has been
> going on for too long.  Ask your doctor for help and remind how long
> you have been dealing with this.   Maybe a steroid shot in the finger.
> Harv