Since this is being discussed here I just came across and article that I
thought was interesting.

It is here:
http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/1697801?src=emed_ckb_ref_0

I can get there from typing in Tietze's syndrome in Yahoo search and then
three pages into it, it says this
Tietze's syndrome: a critical review.  if I click on that, it takes me
there. But if i click on the url I typed above it is giving me something
that I have to sign up for. So I do it with the Tietze's syndrome: a
critical review one.

It says this as a discription under the above
A critical review of Tietze's syndrome and the relevant literature to date
is presented. ... Tietze's syndrome could be more a part of seronegative
disease ...

I found that really interesting since supposedly I don't have any arthritis
but OA.

But I do have costo and Tietze's.

Which Rosie S, I know we were talking about this one time on the phone and I
couldn't figure out why the pred worked for Costo but others that had Costo
it didn't work for. Well now I know the answer. I forgot I had Tietze's as a
diagnosis.

I remember also talking on a costo group and they will tell you they are not
the same and the way to tell the difference is the lumps on the rib cage
area. But I don't have any current urls for those. I remember reading about
it a couple of years ago. That was the way they used to tell the difference
between them. Now it is the inflammation that tells the difference.

Now I know the pred is helping the Tietzes and it is not Costo at the moment
that I am dealing with. Dah.