Thank you, Sue and John. My hands are a bit quieter now I think due to the MMJ lotion, compression gloves I wear at night and often in daytime, and MMJ tincture at night. I think.....never know when a flare will scream at me and cause so much severe pain and the joints degenerate or erode. It feels like they are imploding and then become enlarged, disfigured, swollen, and frozen.

I went to hand PT at Mayo for several months last year. It did help, the hot parrafin and exercises - I still do both at home. Also, they hurt with typing, although less using the laptop I think. Maybe the keys are easier to use, lighter touch. But, I'm using it more, so they do get painful after a day....I think the extra exercise of the laptop is a good thing. Just have to follow up with gloves, lotion and tincture.

I'm researching erosive osteoarthritis. Thanks for the links. Read some last night, but it seems there's no concensus
to date and no additional treatment?
Thanks and blessings to all the OA and EO and RA folks. elizabeth

As you can see the research is being done abroad, mostly in Europe. Nevertheless, there doesn't seem to be anything to do but heat (paraffin) and gadgets to help with everyday living. If there are rheumatologists out there who want to study this disease, I hope the NIH or others would fund their study. Are you listening May Clinic?