Not a happy bunny

tandel
tandel Member Posts: 14
edited 17. Mar 2010, 06:42 in Living with Arthritis archive
:cry: Today i went to see a new GP,i'm experencing pain in fingers and wrists and muscle pain have done for a few months i have seen many doctors regarding this and all have produced med certificate but not delt with the problem i'm experencing now,i have OA in knees and have had for 14 years i'm also aneamic,i explained my condition and was AMAZED :shock: :shock: when he informed me i have RA, and that back in 2002 i was positive in a blood test for RA,someone forgot to tell me, all these years i have asked doctor after doctor what is wrong with me thought i was going mad :x :x :x ,i have gone through every emotion today i can deal with the RA,(have to) that confirmes what i already suspected,i'm angry :x :x :x :x cos no one told me,i ache and feel very tired,but tomorrow is another day and it could be a good one i hope so.xx

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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Tandell
    I am so sorry you have had to go through all this, then suddenly being told you have RA, This sounds so like my story, I am still having blood test for RA, and I am having different results coming back.
    I do hope you get the right treatment now, and see some improvement very soon.
    You take care,
    Barbara xx
    Love
    Barbara
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Tandel

    I can imagine you are in shock. I am so sorry. Similar happened to me, for years always diagnosed with OA in knees and hands. I saw a knee surgeon in 2005 and he wanted me to have bloods taken for RA to make sure as he had a slight doubt. The result came back positive. I went to my GP and burst out crying asking why for years I had always been diagnosed by him and consultants with OA . He was most apologetic and said that my symptoms had always pointed to OA. I was referred to a rheumi and on aspirating fluid from my knee he said I did not have RA, the fluid aspirated was not the correct colour. The diagnosis for OA had been correct all along.

    Blood tests are not always accurate for a diagnosis for RA as I found out. Could it possibly be the same for you too?

    I do hope that tomorrow is a better day for you, I really do.

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Tandell,

    That's a horrible way to find out and I hope now you are being referred to a rumo? Its amazing they 'forgot' to tell you but they also 'forgot' to treat you as well and I hope that its soon treated properly and you start to feel better. Cris x
  • salamander
    salamander Member Posts: 1,906
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Tandel, it beggers belief they forgot to tell you. I hope they referred you to a rhematologist as Cris said. If it were me I would write to the practice manager asking for an explanation. I hope you get the treatment you need.
    Sally
  • kerrycc
    kerrycc Member Posts: 89
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Its bizarre isn't it - no idea how bad it is otherwise they wouldnt just 'forget'!
    I first suffered from the age of about 15 but it was shrugged off really so I suffered in silence - then when I was 22, I was having real problems with my right wrist. I had test after test until eventually I took myself to accident and emerg where they whipped me in quick as a flash and fused my wrist because it had gone to far to do anything else with!! Still no diagnosis until 2 years ago when I was 36!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    they need slapping but must admit they do not like to give names or so it seems. i hope they have given you meds you need and that they get it under controll
    val
  • tandel
    tandel Member Posts: 14
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    skezier wrote:
    Hi Tandell,

    That's a horrible way to find out and I hope now you are being referred to a rumo? Its amazing they 'forgot' to tell you but they also 'forgot' to treat you as well and I hope that its soon treated properly and you start to feel better. Cris x

    Thanxs for your reply,ive been under a rumo for many years now had various treatment for what i was to believe was OA synovectomy on knee,yattrium injections,arthroscopy still producing to much synovial fluid in knees.i'm on meds now have been for about 18 months,my next appointment with rumo is next month,i will be asking lots of questions and i wont budge till i get the answers i need.once again thankyou for your support. :P :P :P

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