In pain and confused
Hi all, I was recently diagnosed with RA, it all started with pain in my foot and after a long line of doctors , I ended up with a rheumatologist who diagnosed me.
I am still very confused by this disease. No matter if I have a calm day where I do nothing or if I am active, every day something hurts. Either I can't close my hand, or it hurts to bend my fingers, my knee hurts when I walk or I cant move my shoulder. No matter what, every day I have pain somewhere. This used to happen before but I always thought it was related to my physically demanding job, and it was not an everyday thing.
After the flare in my foot, I could not work anymore and I've been at home for almost a year. However, I keep getting this type of pains. My rheumatologist says my RA is controlled, and all my values are "normal" she also says, because this pain only lasts for 1 or 2 days, the cause is not RA. She says is because I haven't been moving enough since I stopped working so when I do move, I get these pains.
I honestly don't think that's what it is. I've been going with a physio for 3 months. I'm doing all the exercises and I am getting more active, and yet I still struggle every day with something new. I guess I just want to ask if this is normal and it happens to more people or if I should do further research and see if maybe I have something else besides RA. Sorry for the long story, I just don't really know where else to go and my doctor is not being very helpful.
TL;DR: I have pain everyday eventhough my docotr says my RA is under control. Is this normal?