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Originally Posted by Bryant
Went to Dr. Ramos for first visit. Dr. had to postpone blood work for 2 more weeks because the steroids that urgi-care prescribed remain in the system. Have to wait until they are gone to get true results. Therefore, husband has not been diagnosed. Don't know if it is osteo or rheumatoid, but he is surely in pain. Almost fell trying to get out of bed this morning. The pain eases slightly as he moves around. This guy was the most active guy I've ever know (not counting true athletes, of course) up until a couple of months ago. Trying to find out beforehand what meds would be best once he gets diagnosed. But like previous poster mentioned, not all works for all. Thank you for your responses.
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Well, this info raises about a hundred questions.
IMO, this is very unlikely to be osteoarthritis, it does not come on this quickly. Too bad you have to wait weeks for answers, your primary care physician most likely would have drawn the appropriate bloodwork before starting steroids, but urgent care centers are more "single encounter' oriented. But just the fact that they started steroids indicates they did not feel it was osteoarthritis either. Did the steroids do anything to help?
This is eerily similar to my wife's situation. We moved here in November, everything was normal, she was playing golf and all other normal activities. Then overnight, on Jan 22, she developed an acute polyarticular polyarthropathy (joint swelling and pain). Her hands were normal the day before I took these photos. In her case we gave her huge steroid doses expected total improvement in 48 hours and got nothing.