HELP!

[meaux30]

I was awakened this morning by severe pain in my right hand. My first knuckle was extremely swollen, my middle finger is extremely swollen and both of my first two fingers are curved to the outside of my hand like I have severe arthritis

Comments

[nephthys510]

oh honey. I hope it clears up soon!

[meaux30]

Thanks! I made a dr's appointmnet (bleh) for this afternoon - hopefully they can do something besides telling me either it isn't related or it is just arthritis and I am old.

[jazdewills]

Well, you aren't nearly old enough for joint point so bad that it curls up your hand and causes you that kind of agony. So, no, they aren't going to blow you off as "old". And whether it's related or not, they should help you find a way to treat it.

You going to see Susie? I'm taking Sylvia to see her this morning.

[lifeismagic]

how awful! how long have you been off chantix?

[meaux30]

4 weeks. And stupid me has read all of these horror stories of people being diagnosed with fibro mialga and Rheumatoid arthiritis when quitting chantix. AND the freaking symptoms are like Rheumatoid arthirtis. I would kill myself

[gomeza]

But it sounds like this latest episode came on literally over night? Hard to believe arthritis of any sort could do that. Good luck.

*worry*

[meaux30]

Kinda- it became a TON more accute over night - I have to stop reading the internet before I scare myself out of going to the doc!

[beerkitty]

suck suck suck

*hugs*

what are inflammatory foods?

[meaux30]

Sugar, starch and bad fats

[onica2]

So that list again was: yummy stuff, yummy stuff and yummy stuff, right?

[jazdewills]

Yeah, so what's left? Veggies.

[onica2]

Ahem...hyaluronic acid.....and wow...that sucks so much ass I can't believe they don't recall that drug! Oh, also, there is this herbal stuff called Di Da Jow (that is not how you spell it, that is how it is pronounced) that you can get at the health food store that is supposed to be great for hands (when I went to massage therapy school, they wanted us to soak our hands in it warmed up on the stove)

[meaux30]

Cool - THANKS!

[onica2]

OOH! I was closer that I thought I would be!