This is my first post here. I definitely have some kind of arthritis, I have an appointment with my rheumy tomorrow and I will hopefully get a definitive diagnosis and can start treatment. I am reasonably sure that it is RA, although my symptoms are relativley mild so far. I have had it for less than a year, and I am glad to have gotten a quick diagnosis. Still, finding out that you have a chronic illness that can be quite serious is scary, to say the least.