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lumbar stenosis - does anybody know this[/quote] I suspect that many of us not only know this but experience the problems associated with the familiarity each day.
Yes, I have been tested for RA, sometimes my blood tests have positive indicators, but just as often the indicators are negative. However, I have RA and have for about thirty years.
In those years I have been forced to change career directions several times and finally at about fifty years of age retired from the world of $$$ employment to one more suited to my abilites.
Kim, have you sought a second opinion, or even a tenth opinion? I am quite sure that at least a few active members of this forum would tell you that -getting- a diagnosis and getting started on a course of therapy is seldom easy and is often frustrating and seemingly never-ending.
Good luck, con brio! Happ
Hi guys...name is Kim...I've recently went on "workmans comp"!! due to tendinitis in my right side, however, I also have lumbar stenosis....they say it comes from the same thing. My joints don't work so good, I can't move some days, but some days, I feel like I can run!! The reason I found you guys is because no matter what I search for, it keeps leading back to this arthritis thing...The Dr's have said I do not...my friend with RA thinks I do, but test have come back negative. I am only 34 and pretty much can't function anymore. It's pretty hard because I am that corporate america girl that is used to making my way and this is not what I thought I was going to be...I loved the money I used to make and I just want to get back there again!!! :0) I've been very firm with my doctors but this is what they come up with, Lumbar Stenosis, but it keeps coming back to arthrisis from my research. If I have them both, or actually all 3, fine, I just need to know if anybody else had problems...???? I have been tested for RA, I've been tested alot...it just seems out of the box for me to have lumbar stenosis because I am so young...any suggestions?