Thank you for this. I’ll need to check with my ANP first because I don’t know what rheumatology office she placed the referral with. I’m waiting for more information, but it hasn’t been long at all yet. I’m proactive; that’s not a problem. And I’m a former RN, which helps. It took 7 months a few years back to get my husband in with a neurologist for signs of Parkinson’s. I knew he had it long before he got diagnosed. It’s interesting that the literature tells you not to wait because early treatment can make a positive difference, but then you can’t get in with a specialist to receive that early treatment. Sometimes, like realty, it’s location, location, location.