Back to possible RA

Well, I went to see a third rheumatologist. First one believed inflammatory since I had a positive ana with joint swelling, pain and muscle pain. All other labs are normal. Second one says it's fibrmylagia and stopped my Arava. Pain was awful within a week of stopping. She made me go to aqua therapy. Love it! Now I go to a 3rd one. He first agrees with fibro but runs more labs. My ana was normal as was C3 and C4. C50 was low - could be inflammatory but he wasn't convinced. Then he actually listened to me. I explain that I feel better on Arava. Not completely pain free but brings pain down to a 5 or 6. Now he wants me to take Arava and do a 2 week dose of prednisone. He also said bumps I have on my thumbs could be ra nodules. He says I may also have a chronic pain as well as possible ra. I don't mind being in Flux right now. Happy he listened and wants to figure it out