So. My battle with this is years long. Things have been getting worse over the past two years and at the moment I can barely use my right hand most of the time (arthritic symptoms--including severe pain and easily visible redness and swelling), I've been diagnosed with celiac and regularly have problems with my digestive tract (mostly nausea and vomiting. I feel sick most every day). I've had rashes, hair loss, recurrent costochondritis...
Anyway. You get the picture.
So. I had more xrays (negative for any kind of arthritis apparently) and blood work...
and here's why I'm upset.
9 months or so ago I have a blood test. My ANA was completely low-normal nothing at all to write home about.
This time it was on the very upper end of normal (like borderline abnormal). But, apparently, that's insignificant and not worthy of any further action...
I just have to live with it.
Yes. Live with the debilitating pain, swelling, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and all sundry symptoms.
*screams*
Seriously.... how can I do that? I'm at my wits end. I can't ...
What is it going to TAKE for someone to actually HELP me with this? Lose use of my hands entirely? Lose more than 30% of my body weight?
Sorry.
I just... had nowhere else to go and I'm SO upset and I don't know what to DO...
:worried:

Anyway. You get the picture.
So. I had more xrays (negative for any kind of arthritis apparently) and blood work...
and here's why I'm upset.
9 months or so ago I have a blood test. My ANA was completely low-normal nothing at all to write home about.
This time it was on the very upper end of normal (like borderline abnormal). But, apparently, that's insignificant and not worthy of any further action...
I just have to live with it.
Yes. Live with the debilitating pain, swelling, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and all sundry symptoms.
*screams*
Seriously.... how can I do that? I'm at my wits end. I can't ...
What is it going to TAKE for someone to actually HELP me with this? Lose use of my hands entirely? Lose more than 30% of my body weight?
Sorry.
I just... had nowhere else to go and I'm SO upset and I don't know what to DO...
:worried: