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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / November 2005New to group
Hello all, My Doc has finally opened his eyes to what I am saying (as well as what an ortho. surgeon stated) that I suffer acute arthritis in my lower back. This coupled with this distinct cracking and grinding of my hips and shoulders has prompted him to order additional tests. He has swore up and down for 4 months that I have tendonitis not arthritis and Rx'd me Naproxen. Has anyone ever heard anything so stupid? Tendonitis of the lower back. Absurd. Perhaps I should have called the veteranarian first. Peace and prayers to all, Steve > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Peace and prayers to all, > Steve No worse than my dx of "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" in my feet, ankles, knees and spine.. Good luck, Steve, now that you have access to a clue! I had to laugh at this... I mean, did the doc skip the day that they talked about location of the "carpel tunnel?!" LOL Seriously though, carpel tunnel like symptoms do occur in other joints. Of course, they are named after the "tunnels" that are affected. But the doc. might have been just trying to explain it in simple terms. I have this in my inner ankle and the base of my thumbs. I can't remember the names but they are very similar in symptoms and treatment to carpal tunnel.... Of course, given that these are much more rare than capal tunnel, they typically are part of a larger disease process. the ineptness of some doctors.... alison >I had to laugh at this... I mean, did the doc skip the day that they talked >about location of the "carpel tunnel?!" LOL Seriously though, carpel [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > alison Her words were "You have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from typing at your job" (I was a stay at home mom at the time) I asked her "What about the pain in the rest of my body? I'm in agony, my toes and fingers are swollen and I have spasms in my back the pain is so bad" She said "We'll deal with your back and leg and foot pain next time I see you, How about 2 months from now you come in?" What I had was a sudden onset of Psoriatic Arthritis. I was incapacitated for months. Carpal Tunnel my big fat arse!!! The next doctor I saw looked at me for 30 seconds and said "Psoriatic Arthritis" and put me on MTX and Sulfasalizine and Prednisone immediately. Don't stop looking until it makes sense!! Know your body! and don't take "Carpal Tunnel" or "General Malaise" for an answer! :o) >She said "We'll deal with your back and leg and foot pain next time I see >you, How about 2 months from now you come in?" Oh, sweet! Not her pain, was it? --- Joan >>She said "We'll deal with your back and leg and foot pain next time I see >>you, How about 2 months from now you come in?" > > Oh, sweet! Not her pain, was it? didn't bother her a bit... I'm sure she slept great for those 8 weeks. The pitiful thing was, that at the ripe old age of 32, I was sitting there (because I couldn't stand) In the span of 3 weeks my fingers had curled up into claws, my back was hunched over from the swelling in between my vertebra, my knees were bent and my hips kept locking from the pain. My feet had swollen to the point that I could not get my shoes on, and I needed help unbuttoning my blouse to nurse the baby that I was holding.... and to think all it was was a simple case of "carpal tunnel" I wanted to send a carpal up HER tunnel! You know why she focused on my hands? Because she asked me "What is bothering you the most right now, and we'll focus on fixing that, the other symptoms we'll have to deal with at a later date" I said my hands bother me the most because I needed them. I couldn't diaper the baby that I had just given birth to 3 weeks before, I couldn't dress her, open my bra, get up to take care of her, bathing her was out of the question. I really wanted my hands functioning soon. She took each limb as a separate disease instead of looking at my whole body swelling up in the joints. poohead. :o/ I wish with all my heart that we could shake hands with people and for just an instant allow them to truly feel our pain. I don't wish it full time on anyone! But I think if doctors and the ignorants could just feel it for a few seconds, they would be far more compassionate. DeeTee >>>She said "We'll deal with your back and leg and foot pain next time I see >>>you, How about 2 months from now you come in?" [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > :o/ > I wish with all my heart that we could shake hands with people and for just > an instant allow them to truly feel our pain. I don't wish it full time on > anyone! But I think if doctors and the ignorants could just feel it for a > few seconds, they would be far more compassionate. > > DeeTee ahhhhhh, yes - especailly if we can have tehm feeling the pain we have when they insist on squeezing our fingers!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann, I've read that if you extend your hand with the palm down, you can get away from the squeezers. Gwen >> I wish with all my heart that we could shake hands with people and for >> just [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > when > they insist on squeezing our fingers! > Nann, I've read that if you extend your hand with the palm down, you can get > away from the squeezers. > Gwen Unfortunately, all my tricks thus far have been defeating some of the older women around here. Firstly, they grab your hand without you offering it! Then they squeeze wherever they grab. Many of these women have done hard physical work over the years, at least lots of farming or gardening in addition to whatever else they did. They have STRONG hands for squeezing! The worst is that after I pry off their squeezing hand, WHILE I am telling them "No!" and "Let me take YOUR hand", they'll grab it again! Mike tells me to just start screaming when they squeeze, but the recent incidents have been in situations where my screams would be disturbing to many, many folks. I do seem to be making progress with some of them. The amazing thing is that they do this even when I have my splints on! I've had NO trouble with the men around here though - they are polite enough to only take my hand if I offer and that allows me to control how it's done. They also seem to take more notice of the splints. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >> Nann, I've read that if you extend your hand with the palm down, you can >> get [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > offer and that allows me to control how it's done. They also seem to take > more notice of the splints. Sounds like you may need to do some training sooner rather than later. You can't be the only one there who suffers from enthusiastic hand shaking. Just something along the lines of "please, my hands are really sore today" Jo DeeTee,That is so true,if Drs. and ignorants could just feel the pain a few minutes.I thought the samething when my ortho.Dr.told me he'd give me the steroid shots for my wrists in 4 weeks if they are still bothering me.They've only been bad since July,whats another 4 weeks.I sure do wish he could feel it.GRRRR.....Carol One day I was in a really pissy mood and my usually terrific doc was in a hurry and didn't really address my questions all that well. After she left I dug my heels in and stayed right where I was. When the nurse came in to prep the room for the next patient I said the doc had walked out while she was talking about my meds and I was waiting for her to come back to finish what she was saying. Petty, but it worked > DeeTee,That is so true,if Drs. and ignorants could just feel the pain a > few minutes.I thought the samething when my ortho.Dr.told me he'd give > me the steroid shots for my wrists in 4 weeks if they are still > bothering me.They've only been bad since July,whats another 4 weeks.I > sure do wish he could feel it.GRRRR.....Carol > One day I was in a really pissy mood and my usually terrific doc was in a > hurry and didn't really address my questions all that well. After she left [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Petty, but it worked heehee some days are just like that and once in a while it feels really good to do something just like you did! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare what an idiot!!! (in regards to the doc below that is!)! I hope you fired her butt quick! alison >>>Her words were "You have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from typing at your job" >>>(I was a stay at home mom at the time) I asked her "What about the pain in the rest of my body? I'm in agony, my toes and fingers are swollen and I have spasms in my back the pain is so bad" She said "We'll deal with your back and leg and foot pain next time I see you, How about 2 months from now you come in?"<<< Welcome Steve! Glad you found us. It's a great place for support. As for hte tendonitits, as strange as it sounds, it actually can be true. Tendonitis can occur everywhere there are tendons - basically at every joint in the body. Tendonitis is a big part of my problem, and I have an official dx of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (now as an adult just considered RA). I have it in my back, chest, feet, elbow, shoulder, hands - you name it... Not saying that there's not more going on... Typically with "odd" place tendonitis (basically anyplace other than elbow and knee), there's an underlying immune problem - at least one form of arthritis at work... Glad you are finally on the right track with seeing the right dr. (rheumatologist - right? don't settle for an orthopedist. They are good for certain things, but a rheum needs to rule out or dx. arthritis alison Good thing you didn't cat the vet first, Steve. You know how hard those "horse pills" are to swallow :-) And, by the way, welcome to the support Arthritis group! SignatureNanny I am Woman; I am Invincible; I am tired! > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Peace and prayers to all, > Steve Ouch! Unfortuantely, we have heard other doctor horror stories, but we sitll hate to hear new ones. One member who is currently silenced because typing is too painful, always reminds us that *someone* had to graduate at the bottom of the class! LOL Don't think I'm making fun of you, please, we just have to joke about this stuff somtimes to keep us from turning into a Raging Renegade Gimp Posse touring the country to weed out the incompetent doctors. I'm fortunate to have had no joint problems in my spine, but I have had a few disc problems and some muscle and tendon probs. Those were bad enough. I hope you get some competent help for your back soon. (We do have some folks here who are very knowledgeable about backs. If they haven't already answered you, they'll be along in a bit.) SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Peace and prayers to all, > Steve Why is it absurd? There are plenty of tendons along the spine, with insertions at every vertebrae. If you end up with chronic inflamation in these tendons, you'll have cracking and popping and pain. What did the "additional tests" show? cheers, Ari Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Hi Steve, This is almost exactly what happened to me. I have AS (ankylosing spondylitis, which is in the same group (reactive arthritis) as psoriatic arthritis-they are all spondyloarthropathies, and by definition affect the back). Since my problems started with my wrists, I was first diagnosed with carpal tunnel. That being said, depending on the type of arthritis you have, tendon probelms and problems where the tendons attach to the bone are not unusual at all. I have had problems with my achilles tendons, where they attach to my heel-plantar's fasciitis, I believe it's called. The pain in the heels is really bad at times. I hope that it can be successfully treated for you, Charlene Welcome, you will find lots of help and support with us. I don't post often but I read them every day. Dawn0 |
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