Newly diagnosed | Arthritis Information

I'm glad I found a place with people who have the same diagnosis I have.

For 10 years it was thought I had a bone marrow disease due to elevate platelets and white counts. This past year I developed bone pain which is not part of the symptoms of the bone marrow disease. The bone marrow disease was also mostly ruled out as my bone marrow biopsy showed a normal bone marrow. Talk about having a life changing event.

After a 'skin rash' appeared on my elbows along with my bone pain complaints the rheumatologist figured I had PsA. I started on prednisonde on Monday and tonite, with much reluctance will start methotrexate. I'm actually terrified.

Other blood tests didn't show any other indications except elevated white cells and platelets. I must have had this for 10+ years but only now due to stress did this situation deteriorate.

The prednisonde has helped with joint pain but I still have bone pain. Do others who have PsA suffer from bone pain?

I look forward to reading up on this list and learning more.

Thanks in advance

Janet

Welcome to the forum. I actually have RA not PSA so i can not answer your question. I am happy you got a diagnoses after all of these years. I am sorry you had to wait so long. For some it is a long hard road of suffering and worry before they get a diagnoses. It sounds like you may be on the right track to recovery.

Also i know you have PSA, and people post on that forum. They also post on the RA forum sometimes. Good Luck with your new medicine.

HI janet I do not have any bone pain. Have you or can you see another rheumatologist for a 2nd opinion on that ? Iwas terrified to start the MTX also. I have been on MTX for 9 weeks now with excellent results. I am switching to injectable type next week. I am not sure why??? I did have a bout of mouth sores or maybe the sudden onset of my PSA. someone in the posts says to fear the disease not the meds ,it was good advice for me. good luck 2trees2008-12-06 18:00:50Hi, I have been on MTX for over a year now. I have tryed both pill form and injections. I am only 16 years old, but I think I still tell you a little bit about my experiance with Mtx. I had no real side effects from it, so thats good news, but it hasn't really made my joint pain go away totally. I have tryed to stay away from injections because of my bad experience with Embrel, so I stopped taking the injections, I am up to the max dose for the pill form and I have been getting headaches. You may want to look out for this, because mine have been getting so bad that I can't make it through school.

I hope this med helps you! Good Luck

Janet

I have PsA and find relief from MTX and Humira. You mention that mtx helps with joint pain but not bone pain. Do you mean that you have pain in arms and legs other than at your joints? I know that in my case this pain is usually due to my tendons/ligaments being inflamed. Warm baths/jacuzzi helps me just before going to bed. I don't seem as stiff or painful in the morning. Hope you feel better soon.