Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Well...as if the feet, hips and knee pain wasn't enough, now the base of my thumbs hurt like hell.
It's the joint where the thumb meets the wrist, in the middle, or the carpometacarpal joint, if you will. I guess. It seems more on the palm.
Not to complain, but anyone else experience this? Is this part of the "fun"?
It's the joint where the thumb meets the wrist, in the middle, or the carpometacarpal joint, if you will. I guess. It seems more on the palm.
Not to complain, but anyone else experience this? Is this part of the "fun"?
Laugh or cry! (Laughing keeps people guessing: is she crazy or amused?)
My previous motto was "Are you sh@#$ing me?!"