HI I AM 37 YEAR OLD MALE WITH MAJOR PAIN IN MY FINGERS WRISTS BACK NECK SHOULDERS KNEES HIPS AND ANKLES HAVE HAD THREE YEARS OF NO REAL DIAGNOSIS FROM SPECIALISTS MY JOINTS ARE VERY NOISY AND PAINFULL ALL THE TIME (IF I ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING THEN THE PAIN IS WORSE AM CURRENTLY TAKING OXYNORM AND OXCONTIN AND ARTHREXIAN FOR PAIN BUT STILL FEEL PAIN EVERYDAY I DO NOT WANT TO INCREASE MY DOSAGE(IN FACT DOCTORS WANT ME TO REDUCE AMOUNT BUT OFFER NO SUSTITUTE AND STILL NO CLOSER TO FINDING WHAT IS WRONG ULTRASOUND ON SHOULDERS SHOWS TEARING OF TENDIONS BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A REASON FOR THIS AS I WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING AND EACH TIME THE TEARING IS WORSE FINDING IT HARD TO CONTINUE WITH NO POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND NOWHERE TO TURN PLEASE HELP ME FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG AT LEASTGRUNTER...FIRST START WITH A GOOD RHUMATOLOGIST. MOST WILL DO AN MRI OF HANDS...FIRST TO SHOW EROTIONS AND A MULTITUDE OF BLOOD TESTS. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. I WENT THROUGH MANY YEARS OF PAIN BEFORE BEING REFERRED TO A RHEUMY. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING!
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