Hi I am still kind of new here I tried the board for PA and was told you were all here so I was wondering how many of you here have PA and how many of you have RA?
Linda from NJ
Hi Linda,
Welcome to the board. I have RA. Started out as JRA.
Well, I guess I need to change my DX. I am RA, was JRA.
Nice to meet ya.
Welcome
I have RA, dx for little less than 1 year.
Welcome!
Phats
Welcome! I have PAIN IN MY ASS ARTHRITIS!!! RA HERE. Not happy and pretty much still n denial I think.I have JRA............RA...............Whatever! I have OA and osteomalacia. Welcome aboard the crazy train!Welcome Linda! I have RA and OA, but I know there are quite a few people here with both RA and PA. Hang tight and I'm sure some of them will be stepping forward!
Welcome Linda, I have osteo and fibro with signs of ra. Having bloodwork the 29th. Yep crazy train is right lol. About every other person on here is named Linda
I thought it was my imagination that I saw a lot of Lindas here the more I read the more I saw that is why I signed my first post Linda from NJ I have seen so many here we could probably have are own board LOL
Linda from NJ
All Linda's are nice
Hugs,
Jen
Hi Linda and welcome to the madness. I have RA/PA and OA. At one time or the other all of my joints, muscles, and bones have hurt. PA was diagnosed about 7 years after RA, and OA sometime in between the other two. Keep posting, we like our newbies and always want to hear their story. Lindywelcome linda,i also have PA, diagnosed this past year.still trying to get my meds to work
kel
in the closet PA'er's funny!!!!By the way...my name is really Linda, too
Psoriatic (sore-EE-AA-tick) arthritis causes pain and swelling in some joints and scaly skin patches on some areas of the body. It is related to the skin condition psoriasis.
Thanks Joonie!Sure anytime, but the Arthritis Foundation deserves all the credit, I did not type any of it it was all cut and paste, my friend, cut and pasteI have RA.
Hi Linda,Good Morning
I have RA and OA
Welcome
Hi Linda,
I have PA, it affects most of my joints, it seems to be the AS type as I have lots of back pain with damage showing on x-rays in my sacro-iliac joint. I also get costo-chondritis. The psoriasis has mostly disappeared since I've been on meds but was only really on my scalp. I do get other skin issues that are linked to the psoriasis though... I am on MTX 10mg plus folic acid, I take etoricoxib 120mg daily, just switched from infliximab (remicade) to etanercept (enbrel) so hoping that will work... I take pain killers (co-dydramol or tramadol) when I can't cope without them.
Welcome!
KT
Hi Linda from NJ, and welcome!
I have PA and psoriasis, and the best lay definition for PA is it is like having RA with firbromyalgia. This is due to the fact that the joints are affected as well as the tissues surrounding all of the joints. This is why a person with PA always looks like they have "LInk Sausages" for fingers and toes. We have swelling in the joints and the ligaments and tendons.
Sorry you have this. I was dx at the first of the year and am still fighting to have any control, so be patient.
Mona, I have you beat....my mom's name is Linda!!!!!
Hello :) Im Shannon and I have RA and fibro...I am from ILHI...I'm Debbie...currently waiting on official diagnosis. Symptoms and bloodwork show RA, but doc wants to wait a couple more weeks for more tests to make it official.
Welcome. This place is a wealth of information and everyone here are helpful.