Well, no RA, praise the Lord! I do believe part of my pain is the fibro. People with that are also more prone to feel any kind of pain, anyway, I've been told. I have read, too, that some people with really bad-looking MRI's don't report any pain, while others with less evil-looking ones are in misery.....I do think the spine doc could have been a bit more sensitive to my pain! After all, he can't really know how bad it hurts!