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My joints have not stopped hurting as of yet. But the qaulity of pain varies.

sTinkerBell2009-01-28 18:47:27I took a vicodine......It is the reason I am posting like a crazy woman. They kind of wind me up. Sorry and please exscuse my ramblings. my DH went to bed already. No one to talk to. HI Tinkerbell, I have those aches and pains all the time, intensity varies but today, feet, hands, wrists are awful, meds help but do not get rid of it altogether.  What meds are you on now?    I had to give up vacuuming and most housework as it inevitably causes a flare and my spine becomes so painful and fatigue sets in rapidly.  The burning and weakness could be from your nerves.  I take endep for that, it works for me, check with your Dr if you could maybe get some relief with another medicine, some people on here take Gabapentin  or neurontin for nerve pain, the latter did not work for me though. Regards Janie. Hi Janie, I have been having the same problem in my neck and across the scapular area on both sides. It usually happens when I have been doing the same thing for a long time. The only thing that relieves it is rest and my heating pad. I also rub down with Activon Ultra Strength Arthritis (the red one). It is really terrible pain and the burning is the worst. I had a couple of massages last week to try and loosen up the muscles and it helped, but the minute I start doing something for any length of time the pain comes back.

Do you take any kind of muscle relaxer? I take Flexeril and it does help. Be sure to keep writing everything down so you remember to tell you rheumy what's going on. I hope you get some relief, I understand how you feel. Hugs! I used to get that quite a bit, especially on the sides of my knees like you describe, which would keep me up at night, and now I get it on occasion, but a lot more mildly. It will improve as your RA gets more under control. I know that doesn't help a lot now, but things will get better.

(Actually, that feeling was what made me look into the infection theory more closely. It just feels like an infection, acts like an infection, etc.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...)Gimpy-a-gogo2009-01-28 23:56:26I get the burning sensation in my shoulder and down my arm. But the other places that hurt, hand, feet and jaw, don't burn, they hurt in a different way. Hard to explain. Maybe that's the difference between large joints and small ones.

Like GraciesMom said, write it all down. It will help your rheumy know what to do to get you relief.knees are VERY swollen and STIFF this morning. Oh, you made me laugh, sTink! I have a suit-type of job, and you reminded me of leaving the house for work with my ankle so ridiculously swollen that I stood in my crocs looking longingly at my bedroom slippers. I hope it doesn't come to that and that you are feeling no pain for the wedding. [QUOTE=SnowOwl]Congrats on your son's marriage, sTinkerBell.  How romantic to be wed on Valentines Day.  Rest, warmth, don't sweat the small stuff do what you can as you're able, things tend to take care of themselves better than we think.  You may start a fashion trend with your gown and fur lined crocs, are they color-coordinated?    [/QUOTE]