Some info needed !

Many thanks for the fantastic replys

So the tear in the knee shouldn't be effected by the RA ? It just feels this knee won't heal and I'm getting some twinges in the other now.

The RA seemed to come so quickly really as soon as I had the injury .

Can you have a drink with those Meds . Like a glass or two of wine ?

Does RA get worse very quickly ?

As I said it's not confirmed but I do have some bloods I can stick up here if people can tell me is it very probable

I had surgery on my knee and it is fine ,,,,I am going to take up running cause they say working out helps , I do yoga five times a week , helps a lot but I want to step it up ,,,I also have bursitis on my knee n hip ,,,once I start moving I feel fine ,,,surgery will go fine n I believe you will get back to running just go slow ,,gentle hugs ,,I am 64 ;(((

I would say that your RA probably led to your injury, but who knows.. we are all so different with our disease. For myself, I was an avid runner and exerciser - at least 5 days a week including strength training. I've also had a clean diet with limited sugar, gluten, etc... I've always been at the lower end of normal with my weight, and basically an all around healthy person. The reason I'm saying this is because I don't believe an injury "leads" to RA. I've had plenty of injuries over the years pre RA to prove that. With me, my neck started hurting 2 years ago. I atrributed it to a move we made around that time. Lifting boxes, etc.. After we settled in, the pain got worse. Fast forward a bit and my feet started hurting. I was training for a long run and was convinced I had a stress fracture. I saw a local dr who told me it was tendonitis, wouldn't do an xray. Stop running  for a few weeks he said, I had already stopped for 2 weeks. Not long enough he said.. uh.. ok. He did thankfully send me to a podiatrist who DID do an xray. I already show permanent damage in my ankle bone on xray. She put me in an immobilizer, which caused my knee to start hurting. By this time my neck was really bad, and now my hands and left wrist started hurting bad too. I saw my regular GP who orderd RA test, which was very high. She sent me to Rheumatologist who ordered more tests. My CCP AB was as high as could be measured, but my CPK, ESR, and other inflammation tests were close to normal. I feel that maybe thats because of my clean diet.. ? So, end of story is that I was diagnosed with RA, and I don't have tendonitis. This was about 5 months ago. I was put on prednisone - 15 mg and tapered over 3 weeks - which by the way was a miracle drug for me. Within about 5 hours I felt better at this low dose. I also take Plaquenil and injectable Methotrexate, and folic acid. I'm finally feeling almost back to myself again, but I think I'll always have a measure of pain in my wrists, first knuckles, feet, and neck. Totally manageable from where it was. I can't run anymore due to the damage in my ankle, but I can still exercise in other ways and am always trying to find new ways to adapt to my "new" body and its limitations. You can't be on Methotrexate if your trying to have a baby, but there are a lot of other meds they can put you on if this will be your diagnosis. Whether or not you can be a sportsman will depend on if your willing to take medications that come with possible side effects but will slow the progression of this disease, which also is unpredictable and different for each person. 

This is not a fun diagnosis, but it can be controlled so that we can try our best to live as normal a life as possible. Best of luck to you!

The year before I retired, I started noticing that whenever I sat for just a few minutes (I was a chemistry teacher unacustomed to sitting due to the job) I had pain in the bottom of both feet when I walked. It would subside after a few minutes. So I went to my podiatrist and he insisted I had a broken bone (in both feet?) and kept x-raying them. Then he sent me to a physical therapist. AFter 550 bucks worth of orthotics, which did not help, he threw in the towel.

Suddenly, the large knuckles in both hands felt "like someone had dropped a piano" on them. Went to my GP. He sent me that day to a rheumatologist. Best thing he ever did for me. I was diagnosed with RA on the spot.

So, yes, RA can appear just "like that". But with the proper care it can disappear as quickly as it came on. That would be remission, which comes and goes. 

Interesting disease.....

Hi!  I am 39 and until RA came suddently this February was running at least 24 km a week and surfing at least 3 times a week, plus cycling, swimming, and yoga.  My knees both suddently started hurting one day in February and and when they didn't heal after a few weeks of not running or surfing I went to a physiotherapist.  She gave me exercises etc and while she did notice that I had fluid under my kneecaps (swelling) she thought this must be from an injury.  Nothing was helping and then both my wrists started up and I realised all was not ok so went to the doctor. I ended up so crippled, neck, hips, fingers, feet, ankles, jaw, shoulders, knees, voice box (there is a joint in there!!!), and still 7 months later cannot wear shoes due to bumps on my feet.

However!  I do have two helpful bits of info.  One is that I belong to a Facebook group called Runners with Rheumatoid Arthritis which is incredibly helpful for people in our position.  You can search it up.

Two is that, while I eat incredibly healthily and actually always have - no sugar, processed foods etc, and now take Turmeric, Biotin, and Fish Oil daily, I do believe that the RA drugs whilst nasty are really needed for most people.  I am tapering off Prednisone which got me walking and working again, am still on the maximum antiinflammatories and panadol.  Methotrexate, which is not working 100% for me is finally after 12 weeks working enough that I have been able to start surfing again.  I know that I will run again when I get the inflammation down, but running on inflamed joints causes microinjuries (my rheumatologist says) which can lead to permanent damage.  So I am waiting on running (not that I can wear my running shoes anyway).  Swimming has kept me fit, even at my worst of struggling to sit in a chair or drive to the pool.

All the best, it is a shocking and horrible adjustment, but thanks to modern medicine we have a real chance at getting back to 100%.