Gracie,
When you go to your GP have him take an x-ray of your hands and shoulder and he will be able to tell if it is arthritis. If it happens to be arthritis I suggest to find yourself a good rumatologist(sorry about my spelling)that is a doctor who specializes in arthritis. In January 2000 I was having problems getting up from setting down and when I would try to sit down in a chair, sofa or even the toilet I would have to practally fall down, and so I went to a rumatologist and he took x-rays and the x-rays said that I had Osteoarthritis in my ankles, knees, legs, head, back, tailbone, hands and now I found out Monday afternoon after another x-ray that I now have severe degenerative arthritis in my neck. So arthritis is nothing to mess around with, so please do yourself a favor and have some x-rays taken to see if you have arthritis or not. I wish you the best of luck in what ever you find out. Keep me posted and tell me what you find out.
God Bless!
Soni Gordon
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