annmarieLAT
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Hello all,
I was hoping to see if I could get any help/ Answers & kind of what i should expect at my first rheumatoid appt.
First off, I am 25 years old & id say I've been pretty healthy my whole life.
About two years ago I started having symptoms of restless leg syndrome RLS, that hasnt stopped and its almost EVERY NIGHT.
Last May i was having muscle twitching in my left forearm which then lead to my whole hand and arm going numb. my general practitioner thought i might have some kind of neuropathy going on... so they put me on some NSAID meds.
a few days after i started having CRAZY muscle twitching ALL OVER! my legs, arms, hands, my head, back, butt, stomach... it was constant, but when i moved the twitches went away. My blood work came back that i tested positive for ANA, and also my blood platelets were low.
Ive had a few more blood tests since then and everything is still the same. I only took the NSAIDs for about a week... my muscle twitching subsided for a while (two weeks, maybe?) but its back on again.
So its been since may that this has been going on. I have an appt to see the Rheumatoid, but they dont have any opening for "new patients" until November..,..
If anyone can tell me what i can expect from the Rheumatoid that would be great thanks... opinions welcome as well.
Thank you!
-Ann Marie
I was hoping to see if I could get any help/ Answers & kind of what i should expect at my first rheumatoid appt.
First off, I am 25 years old & id say I've been pretty healthy my whole life.
About two years ago I started having symptoms of restless leg syndrome RLS, that hasnt stopped and its almost EVERY NIGHT.
Last May i was having muscle twitching in my left forearm which then lead to my whole hand and arm going numb. my general practitioner thought i might have some kind of neuropathy going on... so they put me on some NSAID meds.
a few days after i started having CRAZY muscle twitching ALL OVER! my legs, arms, hands, my head, back, butt, stomach... it was constant, but when i moved the twitches went away. My blood work came back that i tested positive for ANA, and also my blood platelets were low.
Ive had a few more blood tests since then and everything is still the same. I only took the NSAIDs for about a week... my muscle twitching subsided for a while (two weeks, maybe?) but its back on again.
So its been since may that this has been going on. I have an appt to see the Rheumatoid, but they dont have any opening for "new patients" until November..,..
If anyone can tell me what i can expect from the Rheumatoid that would be great thanks... opinions welcome as well.
Thank you!
-Ann Marie