Hurting....

[Blueyes]

Originally Posted by DianaB

I'm much better today. I still have a bit of a stomach ache but nothing like yesterday. At least I wasn't sick like everyone else has been. I have a couple of different types of arthritis in my hands. One is where my knuckles are swollen. It doesn't bother me much at all unless you press on my knuckles. My Mom and her sisters all have it. Then I have another kind that makes my hands really stiff when I get up in the morning but it soon works out and I'm fine but every once in a while my hands will ache. Kinda' like a really bad headache only in my hands. I took some arthritis strength Tylenol but it doesn't seem to do very much. At least it doesn't last more than a day or two at a time, maybe 3 or 4 times a year.

I'm not one to complain much when I hurt. My husband used to act like it was never as bad as I let on and he would ignore me so I've just learned not to say much. No one knows how much I hurt but sometimes it gets the best of me. Thanks so much for your concern!!! I'm so much better today!! Love ya'll!!!!

Diana, I have a question if you don't mind
Sometimes my hands are really stiff in the mornings. They feel just like you described yours. Now I get that same pain in my wrists, and sometimes in my elbows...it aches but it goes away. Is that arthritis pain, doc?