Joint pain

Hi grace yes I have aches and pains in my hands too. My thumbs and index fingers particularly. Sometimes my index finger feels bouncy and numb. I also have swellings and bumpy bits on some fingers! Is it arthritis maybe? Errghh so anxious about it. Maybe there are supplements we can take? I take cod liver oil and evening primrose atm....

Try tumeric capsules. Order on Amazon. The FineVine brand. Ask your doc about it. Or research it.

Hi Grace, if your joints aren’t  red and hot then I don’t think it’s rheumatoid arthritis. Lately my ring finger joint is big and painful, not red and hot, I can’t even wear my wedding rings. 

I had a shot in my thumb and is helped. Hurt worse afterwards but rarely hurts anymore. I also stopped all meds from rheumatologist and hired a neurologist that diagnosed with numerous food allergies including gluten.  I feel better at 51 than I did at 41. Lifestyle change. Partial hysterectomy at 43 due to fibroids as ablation only worked for two years and hormones test fine. We have too many foreign chemicals in our bodies so when the hormones start leaving the body says yikes!! I try not to eat anything out of a box.  Learning a new way to cook is challenging but the pain was too severe to continue. I had malabsorption and was not absorbing nutrients due to diet and genetics. The damage is done after 49 years of unhealthy eating but better late than never I guess.  Lost 10 lbs and lost the bloating. I’m petite but was starting to blow up and was miserable with fatigue.   Daily migraines gone.   Good luck 🍀 

Grace,

I’m dealing with that now as well. I feel like I have no flexibility at all. Just putting shoes on is an effort. I get up from sitting and my feet hurt, I feel clumsy and still all the time.  I hate feeling like I’m an old lady at 55, makes me feel vulnerable!