Happy New Year everyone.

[Sarah1969]

I'm still not totally convinced my joint pain and strange nobbled bumps on my fingers and toes are all down to fibromyalgia, so I'm gonna ask for a full body scan. If my doctor fobs me off, I'll look for a new doctor who will listen to me. That's my #1 resolution for 2014. X

[allanah]

You go girl! U just know yourself don't you ! Xxx

[Sarah1969 in reply to allanah]

Doctors think that because they've studied all their books and sat all their exams, they're gonna know everything about every patient they treat. ABut the only person who truly knows us, is ourselves. I sometimes wonder how some doctors-mine included-manage to even qualify! X

[allanah in reply to Sarah1969]

I must admit I have been lucky with mine but you are right, I hope they listen to you properly ! Xx

[helixhelix]

The chances of a GP being able to refer you for a full body MRI are quite slim, as this is a hugely expensive thing and there is normally a massive demand for the machine and referrals are restricted to hospital consultants (depends on your area of course, but in many places there aren't enough). So might be a more achievable goal to ask that for your hands and feet to be assessed by ultrasound. Ultrasound is said to be very good as a diagnostic for RA as it shows up inflammation a lot better than x-ray.

[Sarah1969 in reply to helixhelix]

Thank you. Yeah I'll ask my doctor if he can arrange that. I'm fed up with him just pinning everything on fibromyalgia, especially as he didn't bother telling me anything about that when he diagnosed me. X