Well, Now I'm Being Tested Because of Suspected RA

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Update

They ran four tests for RA. Three were negative, and two of them have zero history of false negatives. One came back a weak positive.

So, the doc is unsure. She doesn't want to put me on expensive meds, only to find out later it was something else. Also, the most popular RA med is contraindicated for MS. So, i'd have to go on an even more expensive one.

She says it's possible that it's fibromyalgia, but there in her opinion, there is no highly reliable test for that. So, i'm just in the "see me in six months" monitoring stage.

That doesn't make my fingers less stiff in the morning. But, i guess this is ok news.
GAC