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As for handbags I no longer carry heavy or bulky bags. I carry very small hand bags with a long strap to keep the pain off my shoulders as much as possible.
Had to chuckle at the pill boxes and coming open. I just the other day grabbed my bag and my pills came tumbling out and down the sides of my recliner. Don't know if I recovered them all or not. lol
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I finally went to an orthopedist who looked at me and asked if when I swell like I am now, run a low grade fever and red and swollen. I told him yes. He said then that is not growing pains. He sent me a specialist in Philly. They did blood work and came back all positive which is not the case for all. So makes even more difficult. I was in pain for years and finally someone found what it was.
Like I've said I have worked and gone through college with it. Yes, good and bad days but we can live a normal life with it even being young. I also went into remission for many years. I recently was dx with FMS and this has brought it out of remission however and made it worse the the chronic fatigue worse. But I think that having since I was a teen and not being able to deal with until 51 yrs old is not so bad.
Crystal
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I also have FMS and I think it has increased the R/A pain and brought in out of remission with a vengeance! It hurts to make a fist either hand and my left pinky finger is way curved out now. Between my hands and the elbow now I have a very hard time carrying or picking up anything. I've stopped writing as much on here too, as my hand will freeze around the mouse and get very stiff. Plus I guess the way my arm is positioned it makes my elbow hurt even more!
Hope you are feeling better and know you are not the only one.

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Tramadol I take as needed. I don't want to build up a tolerance so I don't take every day. I also don't exceed the 400 mg dose recommended per day. I due have nausea once in while, but I get that from a lot of things! LOL I always have a box of saltines in the house!! We are all different and meds act different for each of us.
Glad I could be helpful.

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So if you do lose your hair, it is not the end of the world. It bothered me a lot at first as a woman. But once I started my wigs now I don't go out unless one is on me. Better than my real hair any day! And less up keep for me! LOL
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I also have FMS with the R/A and together they cause a lot of joint pain. So not sure sometimes if the pain is FM when I do not get all red? They say FMS does not cause inflammation so figure that is when not red?
Chills, while running a low grade fever some times. I though at night have horrible night sweats. I soak the bed and myself. I think that though is my age and being a woman??
So not alone I have same things happen to me.

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