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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2004Rhematoid factor test
Ok I am confused. Can you be positive for RA and then on another test a year later its negative? Does that mean you still have RA? I have ALL the symptoms and I am on Remicade. Doc thinks I still have it, but I am wondering ??? >Can you be positive for RA and then on another test a year >later its negative? Does that mean you still have RA? >I have ALL the symptoms and I am on Remicade. Doc thinks I still have it, >but I am wondering ??? Yes, it happened to me, and I still *definitely* have RA. (Something like 20% of people who have RA are RF negative.) I flipped after about 18 months of RA. It's rare, but it can happen. - Mary MacT http://www.alamedacreek.net >Ok I am confused. Can you be positive for RA and then on another test a year >later its negative? Does that mean you still have RA? >I have ALL the symptoms and I am on Remicade. Doc thinks I still have it, >but I am wondering ??? Hon---RA doesnt just go away. If you are feeling pretty good, they you have your Remicade to thank for it. Char "Remember, I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together." Red Green Nope flat on my butt now.........knuckles swollen knees swollen and weak and ankles and feet the same way....owieeeeee.. I def have RA I had a LONG talk at my appt the other day I asked where she thought I was on the scale of mild RA to Severe RA. She said the RA is def active and that I am somewhere in the middle. I do not have deformities or do I use a cane or chair to get around( I feel blessed because I can still get around ok) I can not get through the store without hurting like crazy. That is scary to me I am only 33 that is scary. She told me because I am on Remicade I will never have to be in a chair or that I will never have deformities. I thought that was bold of her to assume, but she just could have been trying to give me hope...Thanks Char > >Ok I am confused. Can you be positive for RA and then on another test a year > >later its negative? Does that mean you still have RA? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "Remember, I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together." Red Green Rhonda, Now I feel worse. I am only 30, yet I for a lot of the time use a cane, and am getting more and more closer to having to use a cane. sigh. I remember like 10 yrs. ago I could do so much. Am now crippled uop pretty bad, it seems. And its only begun to get bad for me. The worst is yet to come. Somehow I will make it through. Am waiting for better weather too. Wish ya the best, MM >Nope flat on my butt now.........knuckles swollen knees swollen and weak and >ankles and feet the same way....owieeeeee.. I def have RA [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> "Remember, I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together." Red Green Rhonda and MM, wishing the best for the both of you and hope you soon get some relief. Hugs and TLC coming your ways.  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Nope flat on my butt now.........knuckles swollen knees swollen and weak and > ankles and feet the same way....owieeeeee.. I def have RA [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > "Remember, I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together." Red Green >>Ok I am confused. Can you be positive for RA and then on another test a year >>later its negative? Does that mean you still have RA? I've been sero negative since day 1, yet my RD is treating me as if I have RA. I've got all the physical symptoms, but no RF in the blood. For me, it was the isotope uptake bone scan that gave my RD all the info she needed. As much as I used to love the warm weather, since getting this mess a few years ago, I can't wait until autumn so I will stop aching. |
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