hi all ...
i have the stangest arthritis of all , and wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with this type.

it seems to move through out my body , striking me anywhere there is a joint and at any time. one day can be perfectly fine then the next have really bad joint pain . could be in foot one day then in shoulders the next day then in arm next day etc........ am on anti inflamatory s and sometimes pain killers.. no one can help me and have been to specialist many times but no answers have been found .. tks for listening

Hi- I am familiar with what you are describing. What my doctor said to me when I asked him about having all these other parts jumping into the pain pot is that if I have arthritis in one or two places (diagnosed) it is reasonable to expect I had other joints also effected by the disease. Have you been to a doctor about your pains? I would seriously suggest you go and if your pcp doesn't have any answers ask for a referral to a rheumatologist or orthapedic doc or to any other specialist who might give you a clue as to what is going on. Pain is a warning and you could be having damage in progress when you are hurting. Good luck and I hope you can find some answers soon.

hi again tks for your reply....oh yes been to doctor many time s and specialist also ... this has been going on for 8 years now ... x ray dont show a thing ..also get quick shots of pain anywhere in body... a real mistery

The quick shots sound like nerve pain. I don't mean to be discouraging but I had pain for decades before the docs 'saw' anything. To be honest though when I first started getting shuffled from pillar to post to find out what to do and they all couldn't find anything I stopped looking to the medical professionals for help with it except for in an emergency when the pain was so great I was going into shock. This last 2 years it has been getting really bad and when what I thought was some torn cartillage had me barely able to walk I went in to the emergency room. The upshot was some rather useless knee surgery and a diagnosis of 2nd degree DDD, arthritis in my back, moderate arthritis in my left knee, and severe arthritis in my right hip. Now I am told I also have dead nerves in both legs and from the feel of things I also have it in my arms but this hasn't been tested yet. The point of telling you all this is to urge you to hound the doctors and to do everything you can to add the natural cures into your routines. I was accustomed to doing very strenuous exercise including weightbearing and aerobic exercise it was when my schedule changed and I could no longer do as much for a while that I really fell apart. It is far easier to stay in shape than to get back into shape. I am sorry you are having such a time of it. Please keep me posted on how things are going.

Originally posted by lilah:
The quick shots sound like nerve pain. I don't mean to be discouraging but I had pain for decades before the docs 'saw' anything. To be honest though when I first started getting shuffled from pillar to post to find out what to do and they all couldn't find anything I stopped looking to the medical professionals for help with it except for in an emergency when the pain was so great I was going into shock. This last 2 years it has been getting really bad and when what I thought was some torn cartillage had me barely able to walk I went in to the emergency room. The upshot was some rather useless knee surgery and a diagnosis of 2nd degree DDD, arthritis in my back, moderate arthritis in my left knee, and severe arthritis in my right hip. Now I am told I also have dead nerves in both legs and from the feel of things I also have it in my arms but this hasn't been tested yet. The point of telling you all this is to urge you to hound the doctors and to do everything you can to add the natural cures into your routines. I was accustomed to doing very strenuous exercise including weightbearing and aerobic exercise it was when my schedule changed and I could no longer do as much for a while that I really fell apart. It is far easier to stay in shape than to get back into shape. I am sorry you are having such a time of it. Please keep me posted on how things are going.

tks for advise ;but think this is something different then what you have experienced.. i can go for days feeling perfect then bang all of a sudden it hits me .. i stay in shape and try to gym 3 times a week and play a lot of golf. and hockey when i can .. tks for your response to my problem

My appologies but I also was very active for most of my life. Until the occasional problems turned constant. I too worked out 3 times a week with weights as well as doing heavy work. Lots of hiking and climbing and skating. My friends had described me as the most physically active person they knew but it is possible to wear one self out. Of course you would say it sounds different because I didn't describe what I could do before back when the pain was only occasional due to a bad day or overuse. Anyway no matter what the problem is please do not blow it off just because you are an active person in good shape. Pain is the body's way of warning you something is wrong and it behooves us to listen to our bodies and not push beyond sensible limits as set by our own bodies. It was a difficult lesson for me to learn and I am only trying to express that it is best not to belittle the occasional pains you have now because one day they may not be occasional if you do that. I literally overworked myself and now my joints are decades older than my chronological age. If I had moderated my activities when the pain was occasional this might not have happened to me.