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Date: 02.05.2011
From: kirst

Subject: gutted

have been quite lucky in terms or problems with my hands, other than weakness ive never had too much pain in the joints.
the past 2 days however, my joints are all becomming sore and very stiff and weak. my little fingers seem to be getting stuck when im trying to grip to pick stuff up. Oh and they are cracking which is new!
not much is touching the pain ether...having paracetamol, tramadol or codeine, i alternate overy 2 days as i find if i use tramadol too often i may as well be eatting smarties, and nefopam. Has anyone got any advice? should i be resting my hands from doing too much or should i try and do as much normal stuff as possible?
thanks x
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Date: 02.05.2011
From: cookie

Subject: Re: gutted

hi kirst i have this from time to time and it always resolves after afew days i just up my anti inflams a bit dont really have problems with my hands other than this x
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Date: 03.05.2011
From: Curtis

Subject: Re: gutted

Think it's different for everyone but when I have a flare up my doc usually puts anti-inflams up an also my steroids, when I'm in pretty badly in pain i was prescribed amitriptyline (50-70mg) which works for me, it works better than tramadol or my butrans patches, for some reason most painkillers don't even do anything for my pain, I was on liquid morphine at one point last year an it was hardly doin anything at all, only downside with the amitriptyline is it literally knocks me out so I can't work or I have to have it before bed, but to be honest my flare ups are that bad there's no chance of me working anyway,
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Date: 03.05.2011
From: x kerry x

Subject: Re: gutted

my pa started in my feet, with just a bit of stiffness then my hands became a bit sore, but were fully functional and looked like they always had. Then i woke up one morning and my hands were really swollen, my index finger joints (the ones closest to the palms) were bright red and swollen like balloons. My fingers were bent in and i couldnt straighten them, i had no grip with them and i found that they didnt respond properly when i tried to move them if that makes sense...kind of like i was telling them to move one way and they were doing something different. The tendons in my fingers felt like a bit of rope with knots all the way along, and clunk and creak when i try to bend my fingers, like theyre really struggling to do their job. I hadnt been diagnosed then so obviously got a fright when i woke up to this, especially after going to bed the night before being fine. i thought it would go down but when it didnt after a few weeks i realised it was more serious than i first thought. My hands have just got worse and worse since, and ive accepted theyre never guna be normal again, this was over a year ago now. Its strange looking at my hands, they really dont look like mine anymore, and now my wrists are really bad too. I cant put any weight on them at all and wake up every morning convinced i must have broken them in my sleep coz they hurt so much.
I had a steroid shot into the tendons on my fingers 8 month ago, which hurt lots but really helped with movement and pain after a few days. I think thats wore off now as they are really sore again but i cant get any more injections for a few months as im pregnant. If your hands get any worse you should ask for a steroid shot into the joint or tendon, which ever bit is swollen and sore. Although its short term relief, any relief is better than none x
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Date: 03.05.2011
From: Gaynor

Subject: Re: gutted

Ughhh .. the hands. Don't get me started on the hands. Hands from HELL. My fingers get stuck as well - and now my knees and elbows are doing the same blooming thing. V annoying.
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