Hi...I posted here a few weeks ago. I had one lupus test come back inconclusive and the next one was negative. Im at the end of my rope with all these problems that no one seems to be able to piece together. How do I get past my GP? He really just doesnt seem to understand or think that there's anything abnormal going on. I was hospitalized for 8 days with pneumonia at the end of 2007 and it seems like its really been since then that things have developed. Maybe all the steroids i was on i dont know. I was dx'd with carpal tunnel in both wrists and cubital tunnel in my lft elbow in 2008 although it's mild...my elbows ache and get pins and needles when im sleeping or carrying anything. My index finger on the right hand and both hips also give me alot of aches and pains. I have trace protein on every test in my urine for years...and sometimes keytones. I just had x rays on both my feet because my achilles tendons ache and theres a nodule on one. The xrays show thickening in both tendons and some arthritis starting in both feet. The ultrasound shows the same along with the nodule on the left. My GP says theres nothing that anyone can do and just go home and take advil. Im only 43...am I supposed to live on advil for the rest of my life and isnt there anything that will slow this down? I really feel like i was just pushed out the door with nothing...I just wish there was an answer...I know all this cant be happening randomly...thanks for listening....sonja