Mary ~ I think we were posting at the same time. The nurse at the dr's office said if I hadn't heard from them by Wednesday ~ for me to call them. So, I am thinking that they think they will have the results by then. At that point, I am supposed to have another appointment with the dr about the results and probably that is when the surgery will get scheduled.
I'm sorry you are having pain and feeling so stiff. It is discouraging to feel that way ~ when in your head you don't feel old. I had an episode with stiffness in my mid 40's. I remember going in to work ~ feeling so stiff and with some pain, and crying ~ thinking that I had 20 more years to work ~ and wondered how I was going to make it. I wonder if it was the beginnings of the RA? I had read that some people were having arthritis like symptoms after using aspartame ~ so that is what I thought it might be. I stopped using it and after a time that stiffness went away. So, I'm not really sure if it was that or what it was. I felt pretty discouraged ~ felt that I could accept being stiff and achy if I was a lot older than that. It was hard to accept at the age I was then. It is hard to accept now ~ like you ~ in my head, I don't feel old yet, but my body doesn't agree I guess
Your comment about maybe being stiffer because of your time away from the gym. It made me think of my experience the other day and puzzle at myself. One of the days I walked on the treadmill (even though it was only for 15 minutes) the next day, it felt like it had helped me to be less stiff. It made me wonder ~ if it helps me feel better ~ why is it such a battle every day to make myself get beyond thinking I should do it ~ to actually doing it? I sometimes think that if I could think of it like another medication ~ which I take like I should, maybe that would help me do it ~ but there is another notion that doesn't get beyond the thinking stage.
Oh ~ my rheumatologist told me that I will have to be off my meds for 2 weeks prior to that surgery. I am dreading that ~ I will make it through, but it is not going to be very comfy. Oh well, you do what you gotta do.