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Sat-05-10-2019, 04:41 AM
I've had psoriatic arthritis for 11 years now.
Just woke up one morning feeling achy and stiff all over. Didn't know what was wrong and went to work thinking that maybe I slept in a pretzel position and it was going to go away.
Well it didn't! It just got worse as days went by. I tried muscle relaxants, rub A535, advil, somebody's tylenol 3....basically anything (legal) I could get my hands on.
After two weeks, didn't miss work, I finally decided to go see a doctor. I do not like doctors and try to avoid them at all costs!
He told me it was one of three things
1- a virus
2- arthritis
3- bone cancer
I told him I would take option one or two but thinking it would most likely be one as I was too young for arthritis and didn't know anything about PSA. This was not in my vocabulary.
Sent me for blood tests and it was a very severe arthritis attack. He had never seen results this bad. Gave me Celebrex for a few weeks and it went away....temporarily.
It started to come back gradually a few months after starting in my fingers and then wrists, elbows, knees, etc
Didn't do anything about it until five years ago where I was prescribed Celebrex on an ongoing basis but that wasn't working and I started looking for other options. Even though I have a high tolerance for pain, I was tired of being in pain 24/7. Everything I tried worked extremely well for the psoriasis but not the arthritis.
Hoping Cosentyx will work
This is an excellent thread Fred!
Now it's question time:
1) can a person have PSA in the chest/ribcage area? Rare but not impossible right?
2) anybody experiencing Raynaud because of the arthritis?
Just woke up one morning feeling achy and stiff all over. Didn't know what was wrong and went to work thinking that maybe I slept in a pretzel position and it was going to go away.
Well it didn't! It just got worse as days went by. I tried muscle relaxants, rub A535, advil, somebody's tylenol 3....basically anything (legal) I could get my hands on.
After two weeks, didn't miss work, I finally decided to go see a doctor. I do not like doctors and try to avoid them at all costs!
He told me it was one of three things
1- a virus
2- arthritis
3- bone cancer
I told him I would take option one or two but thinking it would most likely be one as I was too young for arthritis and didn't know anything about PSA. This was not in my vocabulary.
Sent me for blood tests and it was a very severe arthritis attack. He had never seen results this bad. Gave me Celebrex for a few weeks and it went away....temporarily.
It started to come back gradually a few months after starting in my fingers and then wrists, elbows, knees, etc
Didn't do anything about it until five years ago where I was prescribed Celebrex on an ongoing basis but that wasn't working and I started looking for other options. Even though I have a high tolerance for pain, I was tired of being in pain 24/7. Everything I tried worked extremely well for the psoriasis but not the arthritis.
Hoping Cosentyx will work
This is an excellent thread Fred!
Now it's question time:
1) can a person have PSA in the chest/ribcage area? Rare but not impossible right?
2) anybody experiencing Raynaud because of the arthritis?