I have had back pain for several years now, and then lately I've started having pain down both my arms sometimes, numb feet, pain in my ankle and toward the bottom of my right foot, and pain down my right leg. The MRI shows some bone spurs, degenerated discs, a bit of stenosis, a herniated disc, etc. I was hoping to get PT to see if that helps, but of all things, the doc said my pain is not really explained by my MRI results. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago, and I also have atypical trigiminal neuralgia (face pain on my left cheek). A foot doc said my foot pain followed the pattern of my nerves there. Today I had some numbness around the left side of my mouth. I've also had some trembling and a funny nerve sensation occasionally in my left hand.

At any rate, the PT doc said I might have RA. He sent me for bloodwork today. He also mentioned the possibility of lupus.

Anybody have some thoughts on my situation? Does this list of symptoms suggest any of these things? Could it be multiple schlerosis (sp?)? It sounds like I might be in for bunch of tests to try to rule things out. And I was hoping it was just my spine problems. Help!