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@annelia

Has anyone had RA attack one side of their body more than the other ? .. My right hand fingers have become rather deformed as have my toes compared to my left. It all started in 2018 ... my GP referred me to a rheumatologist .. I am serum negative RA, through trial and error have gone through different meds landing on Orencia infusions once a month ... now to start Prolia ... as a pre-caution. I broke my shoulder almost two years ago . But as I have said ... I would be very interested in another case that had RA attack one side of their body in the initial phases of this disease .. I also have Addison's Disease, Eagle's syndrome, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis ... well the list goes on. Once you have an auto-immune disease, more seem to pop up.

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My symptoms started last July and initially impacted my hands, feet, wrists and shoulders. I was initially on prednisone for a couple months which worked well. Once I saw a rheumatologist, he switched me to hydroxychloriquin and weened me off the prednisone. It took several months for the hydroxy to start working. My Rheumatologist added sulfasaline to relieve my residual pain. This did nothing for me except caused me to gain weight. I dropped the sulfasaline about a week ago and replaced it with Meloxicam. While it hasn’t done anything to increase mobility it has eliminated all my pain and I can do all my activities without problems