I know I said would not use this site anymore due to the odd and irrational things that go one, but I have gotten advice from several people, suggesting I simply avoid the threads that are indicitive of people or topics that are of a nature not desireable... So, for anyone who can answer this, I get aching joints to some degree, but I get alot of stabbing gripping, rotating pains in my joints. Does any one else experience this? It is awful, as if you all don't know. They are directly in the joint, but often as said a stabbing pain, that come and goes every few seconds, minutes or what have you!That's one of the pains that categorises my RA. Not much advice I'm afraid, other than rest the joint when it hurts, use heat/ice on it depending on whether it's just painful or swollen and take pain meds. It seems to be part and parcel of RA I'm afraid!
Hi Jena, Glad you decided to stay!
Yes, I'm afraid they are probably arthritis related pains, since it is in the joint. But it could also be Osteoarthritis in addition to RA. I have both and haven't been pain-free in many years. I do have strong pain relievers to make it manageable, though. When it's very bad, I take methadone and lie down til it eases up enough to function.
I don't mean to scare you. It could be one or the other, but I know I'm not the only one with both types. Do you feel or hear grinding sounds in your joints? I know that is very common for OA.
I would talk to your doctor or rheumatologist and see about x-rays or MRI's to help determine what is going on.
Hope you feel better!
Gentle hugs & blessings,
Nini
Yah, it almost feels as though the joint is twisting....
Your descriptions sounds a lot like the pain in my knees, which is due to OA. The pain can be triggered by movement, such as turning over in bed, or just sometimes when walking. It usually stops when I can get the knee or leg in a different position. Pat
Jena am glad you're staying. I have RA/PA/OA and I get fierce pains in my joints, the area around my joint, and moves into the muscle. What meds are you on? When was the last time you had xrays? I'm on pain pills and I take them. Right now the worst joints are my knees that have RA/OA and my ankles and feet that have RA/PA. Take care. LindyHi Jena, YES!, we need you to stay in here with us! Thanks for reconsidering and posting. The pains you describe are so painful I don't know what to say, yes to all the above posts, and when I had them I was given GABAPENTIN, before I could get on my super meds below. I know how you feel and I'm soooo sorry. I don't know why this yuckkky stuff has to hurt us all so much. I think of my poor grandmother so many years ago WITHOUT the super meds and how she suffered. Whenever my dad and mom would turn her over in bed (she was in a nursing home then) or anything she would cry out in pain. I hope you can call someone tomorrow and get some relief as you can't continue with this pain. Sarah Hi Jena! I agree with the possible OA causing the stabbing pain as I too have it along with RA.Yeah, that happens to me. My joints like to make popping noises too, especially in the evening and my thumbs will lock up and it takes a bit to get them unlocked.
The severity of the shooting pains has become worse for me, must be a par for the course type of a thing........
My neck pops quite a bit lately as well. I try not to think about it.
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Thanks all,, I appreciate the input. I do have OA in my hip and knee, however the shooting stabbing pain is mostly in my elbows and wrists ankles, and shoulders. It is when I am having a flare, and not related to movement, I can be lying or sitting perfectly still, and one of the stabbers appears. I am newly diagnosed, and currently on 400mg Plaquenil a day, and take 800 mg Motrin as needed, well it does nothing anymore except add to my stomach issues. I hate to start a lifetime of pain meds. Not to at ALL insult anyone who is taking them, I am just afraid of where it will lead, and the side affects etc. I hafe an appt with my Rheumatologist this Friday, I guess I will see what he has to say. Thanks all, Feel Well.Have him check you out for psoratic arthritis. You can have xrays of your hands and there's a definite bone deformity of the long bones of the fingers that only show with PA. It attacks the fingers, elbows, ankles and sometimes the feet. For me it's more painful than RA. I don't want to add to your stress but you need to be aware so you can talk to your RD about it. LindyHI Lindy, thanks for the tip. I have had X rays of all joints, they never said any thing about PA, I never heard of it until recently. Don't you have to have skin rashes etc as well? Again, thanks for your input,.I will definately ask!It could also be swelling resting on and pinching nerves. The nerves in my right knee are all screwed up from repeated swelling. I get the stabbing pain sometimes in it as well. And also in my elbows, but I've been able to link mine to swelling. How IS your swelling doing?Hi Jena, I had strange pains in places you can't believe about 4 months ago (can you believe I've been pain free for 3 months now!!), The shooting pains came in my knees, heels, elbows shoulders and oddly in one of the places they looked at my heart problem from?! I woke with such a burning pain I couldn't stand it. I had to take oxycodin!, it was the only thing that worked.
Now, I have pain in the fatty part of my foot behind my toes, if you push you can feel the bones in there (it is the middle toe area that hurts the most) I know this is Rheumatoid. My doctor says Remicade will fix it! Hurrah!! So like others say it can surely be more than one thing. Good luck Fri.Sarah
I have random stabbing pains all over. The only way I can describe it is like a pinball machine. THe ra ball just zings and zaps all over my joints. I never know where it will go next.
Hurts, the feet hurt in the same exact spot. My doc said it is ra for both symptoms. Yippeee!!
Jena, you can have PA without rashes or psoratic plaques. I don't have either but I have the deformed hand bones. Thanks again all,,
Jena; I have a lot of those stabbing pains in my knees especially while at rest. They are really painful and really quick thank goodness. I've developed OA in my knees over the last couple of years and I think these pains are from that. I don't really know for sure....but now after reading this thread and other's with OA describing this same feeling I'm convinced that's what mine are from.
My question to those who have had this pain a while; does it continue to get worse? I know that sounds dumb coming from someone that's lived with RA all these years but I'm not sure what to expect from OA really. I've had problems with my knees that related to RA for a long time; but this OA worries me more for some reason. My Grandmother had horrible OA in her knees and could no longer walk. I really want to hear from all of you with experience.
For most of you that have had knee replacements; is that due to OA or RA in the knee?
Jena; I'm real glad you've decided to give us another try Sweetie. There are a lot of really special people here.
Hi Lovie, I developed OA after I was diagnosed with RA. The OA moved swiftly. I have a high tolerance for pain and by the time I went to the orthopod I was limping. I had very little cartledge left and bone spurs on my left knee. I had OA in my right, but had more cartledge on my right than my left. He told me that I was a candidate for a total knee. I left his office in complete shock. I thought that RA was developing in my knee. I never even thought about OA. That was 11 months ago! I now have no cartledge left in either knee and spurs on both knees. Sometime in Aug. I'll have my left knee replaced and later in the year or the following year I'll have the other replaced. I'm still amazed at how quickly all of this has happened.
I'm home today, and down because my right knee (the better of the two) is hurting so bad I can barely hobble around. I just called to get an appointment with my RD because he just finished injecting Synvisc in this knee. I wanted the knee to work as well as it could, because it would have to work overtime after I had the other knee replaced. Now I don't know which knee they'll replace. Both seem equally as bad. I don't want a bilateral knee replacement.
Just when I thought I'd reached some control of the RA with Remicade and MXT this has happened. This is the reason that Stan and I are settled into a house and not traveling. I can't drive, can't travel, can't live 6 months at our place in Mexico, can barely walk, am in constant pain. And the pain is different in each knee. It's very strange because I thought that I would know what to expect, but I don't. One knee aches and isn't as painful as the knee that has more cartledge. The one with more cartledge is the most painful, difficult to bend and sit down. Go figure.
The one thing that did buy me more time was having Synvisc injections 11 months ago. It allowed me to travel all over Mexico for 5 months. That's all I wanted was our trip to Mexico. Injections may buy you time and afford you the opportunity to continue on with your life. I'm beyond the injections helping and surgery is my only answer. Not everyone has such an aggressive onslaught of OA but then that's the way RA hit me. Maybe, yours will be a little more gentle with you. Talk to your Dr. about Synvisc injections. I highly recommend them.
Was yous caused by the RA itself? Also didn't you mention OA in your hips? Do your hips hurt on the outside of the hip or on the inside towrd the groin? Mine is on the outside of the hip. You can touch the exact spot it hurts. I'm thinking maybe this is bursitis or something else. Don't know, curious as to other's experience. I hear so many talk about pain in the groin area and that's not where my pain is right now.Lovie.....I have pain on the outside of my hips. My doc said it was bursitis. He gave me a shot in each hip.We were able to pinpoint exactley where by touching. I was really sore for the rest of the day but after that it really helped me feel better for weeks.