Ankylosing Spondylitis, RA, MSM..questions/info

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I'll be paying attention to what is recommended for AS, due to insurance reasons

i did not get to find out this week, if I possibly had this or what is the cause

of my severe back pain.

 

Can you even put into words what kind of pain/symptoms you/your husband have

with this? I know I hated when the dr. asked me that ? I just know i have pain

with every move i make, i get stuck when i go to sit/stand, and after moments at

rest especially if the weather is cooler im in immense pain, plus i hear

cracking/popping noises and feel shifting with every move i make. I hate not

knowing what is wrong with me and the dr's making guesses.

I recently had a baby and the pain/noises which had been there before simply

went away during pregnancy, which led me to blv it was autoimmune related but i

had 2 dr's look at me like i was stupid for saying that.

I was diagnosed with RA in 03, took MSM along with other natural substances and

went from not being able to walk 10ft to fuctioning but soon my back pain showed

up and was constant.

Now after the baby of course im in a terrible flare up, my Rheumatoid factor is

a 1049 (when high is 13), but this wk a rheumatologist told me he did not think

my symptoms were RA because my joints though they ache and feel heavy(which to

me means swelling) were not red and puffy that it's simply not RA? At this point

I don't know what i can take, if anything, since I'm breastfeeding, ive ben

using a tens machine which sometimes helps but is there anything else i can

take?

thanks, Loren,longtime lurker

 

herbal remedies , Ranie Jordan <raniejordan wrote:

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> Not sure, Doc was guessing yesterday... Wants to look at bloodwork & x-rays

before firm diagnosis... This isn't the doc Dan recently began to see, but one

hired by SSDI... He's applied & no determination has been made yet... (fingers &

toes crossed)

> Last Dec. Chiro saw on BOTH of our x-rays (his & mine) that we have

deformities in vertebra at base of skull & base of spine, EXTRA vertebra there

as well & some fusing in both areas...

> His pain is MUCH worse than mine, and he's been hurting about 15 years, but

I've dealt w/mild to mod pain for as long as I can remember...

> HTH & thanks for responding! I'm excited to read what you care to share!

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