feeling like a hypochondriac...again!

suziev

just have to get this off my chest then i know i'll feel better am in an awful mood
and it's Arthur fault, he's laughing at me once again.
just over 4 weeks ago i had a flare up in my hips, the pain was awful and
i took painkillers like sweets and the pain knocked me sick which lead to me
losing half a stone in weight which i didn't really have to lose!
luckily i had an appointment with my rheumy and he wanted me to have an ultra sound scan to decide what the problem was, not sure if it was bursitis or synovitis hips
so 4 weeks on my hips are still bothering me but nothing like they did. does the ultra sound
scan show anything, does it hell. i now have to have an MRI scan but what gets me is how
nothing can show up, i feel like a hypochondriac yet again spent enough time feeling that way
when i first got Arthur but no GP would believe me. i won't care but nothing shows up in my blood
either!!

so am asking, has anyone had an ultra sound scan where nothing turned up then had an MRI and
they did find something?

ta for reading my little rants
suzie

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hi suzie
well your not a hypo..thingy i cant spell.
my bloods didnt show anything, my doctor told me "you deffinatly dont have arthritis" well it turns out ive got RA :roll:
maybe the mri will show what is happening, it must be very frustrating for you. you know how much it hurts.
well good luck with the mri
take care
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eckstardeluxe

You're not being a hypochondriac, you're obviously ill and they just haven't found the cause yet. But they will.

I didn't have an U/S but I had an xray and was told I'd hear in 2-3 weeks, got home and the phone was ringing. It was my GP telling me to come and collect a letter & go up to A&E, I had an MRI the next day and it showed up everything but they didn't tell me the whole shebang for 3 months!!!. A Dr I eventually went through the Complaints process about told me there was nothing on my MRI.

At my diagnosis they told me I had severely advanced Arthritis in spine and sacral area approaching End Stage, 3 bulging discs and Spinal stenosis. Hardly nothing!!!!

I hope they get to the bottom of this soon. But don't feel you are being a moaner, you could be like me, have a sh**ty Dr tell you nothing and have you worrying like mad you're imagining things to find a good Dr who gave me the full story.

I hope you find out soon, I will be thinking of you, take care now.

Eck

xxx

valval

hi always feel like that when go docs this one great but in the past been told its your age , wear and tear, a weakness in that area, all with little or know help. so been bad on and off for months so got up courage tp tell doc how bad things have got and she asked me if wanted to go see rhumy thought would have to ask her. so u r doing better than me hip bad at moment but feel more positive to day u r not making it up the pain is very real so good luck hope they find it for u

frogmorton

Hi Suzie

Why do we all do that?! Think we are making it up when we know we are not?! :roll: We all do it.
Answer - the tests are not that good - so when 'they' see nothing on them or they (bloods) are negative 'they' make you feel like that.
You shuffle off into the corner feeling a shamefull hypochondriac - and you're NOT!!!
The answers will be found eventually - but for some it can take years - can't it Eck?
Suzie take care and moan away on here - we REALLY undertsand!
Toni x

suziev

thanks to you all for posting, i felt better as soon as i wrote the post and had a bath and some tea.
it's always the same with me and my arthritis it's always one step ahead of me
i've been lucky so far that my rhemy has been good so am sure it will all get sorted just not as quick as i hoped.
thanks again ladies your a great bunch
suzie x

suzster

just thought i'd add, with my non bending thumb and fingers nothing showed up on the scan or x ray they did, so i had an mri done a few weeks ago, i'll let you know if anything shows up!
hope you are ok?
sue

woodbon

Hi, I'm sure they don't think your making it up, they may well have thoughts about what it could be, but, they won't tell you untill the test results confirm it. They would't be sending you for expensive tests like an MRI if they didn't beleive you, but you'r not alone in feeling like that, I always do, especailly on good days. I'v spent ages explaining to my husband why I want to go out for a walk on the beach or in the woods or do the evening meal. He just tells me to shut up, he understands! :oops:
Love Sue

sunnydaze

valval wrote:

hi always feel like that when go docs this one great but in the past been told its your age , wear and tear, a weakness in that area, all with little or know help. so been bad on and off for months so got up courage tp tell doc how bad things have got and she asked me if wanted to go see rhumy thought would have to ask her. so u r doing better than me hip bad at moment but feel more positive to day u r not making it up the pain is very real so good luck hope they find it for u

Hi only joined this forum today, and its like, at last someone understands... I have IT in the base of my spine and my hands. Its affecting my left hip and right knee, and last week I could hardly walk 30 yards, even with medication.. Now today, I have woken up and nipped downstairs like a two year old! and rearing to go! my hubbie thinks I am exsagerating how much pain I was in. Does anyone know what triggers these 'flare ups' and what magic meds has anyone found.. As you can probably dedeuce I have only recently fallen prey to the big A. so any advice would be welcome.

skezier

Hi Suzie,

Your not a hypercondriac at all! My bloods don't show anything and yet my joints have shown pa. The oa came up on the x rays so I was lucky but had a hell of a job convincing the gp to send me for one!

I might be wrong here but I reckon it could show more on an ultrasound. The MRI is very, very good but only shows what it has been targeted, A ultrasound is also an incredible clear and good picture but it can be moved around and stuff so it could well show something. Regardless please don't ever doubt there is obviously something going on. I really hope they are treating you as if you have something while they look? I hope something is soon sorted for you. Cris x

Hi Sunnydaze,

Welcome to the site and it might be a good idea to post a new thread for you questions. I used to have days when the oa went quiet, in the 2nd stage (and maybe the 1st) it was active and then quiet for a while. For me initially diclo's were all I needed. For me they worked, and still work very well but maybe its a idea to talk to your gp and ask what they can give you to try and keep the pain down? Enjoy the site and take care, Cris

woodbon

Xrays and ultra sound scans don't give such a good image as an MRI scan you can see soft tissue on MRI which does not show up on an x-ray, thats why they are doing the MRI, so they get a better, clearer image of whats going on. Its also a 3d image and that helps as well. It also uses magnetic energy, not radiation, which is better for you. So the reasons for using them are simple, the doctor gets a clearer 3D image, which shows soft and hard tissues (bones and organs), and doesn't harm you in any way. I hope thats clear, its a complicated subject about which I know very little, but I have typed scientific documents about that and other Biochemical experiments years ago, before MRI was used very much on humans! :oops: Getting old. Love Sue

suziev

hey sue, yes am fine feeling better today just got around tesco's on my own for the first time in months! guess we ain't got a reply yet! look forward to hearing if anything showed up on your MRI scan, may give me hope

hello sunnydaze and welcome, there has been alot of post as to what causes flare up's some swear by certain foods it worth a look back though some old posts or write a new one. however i have never found a link with mine.

thanks woodbon for the mri explanation
and to everyone else thats posted a reply
suzie