Don't worry abut it. As you know, anxiety is an insidious thing. It would have found something else to latch onto. It's been a long-time companion and adversary in my life.But it's still much better than the possibility of RA, and it's likely my sister confused RA in family members for a hypermobility issue.Anxiety issues, depression, autoimmune thyroid issues, supernumerary teeth, and screwy ankles are also apparently common in EDS-HT or JHS. (Check on all of those, although the dentist keeps trying to get me to get rid of that incisor that grew in behind one of my molars. If she wants to extract my teeth, she can fight Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and get an approval to sedate me or put me out. I don't want a repeat of what happened when I was younger.)
As for taking an inventory of the family, that's a bit hard since I'm almost certain this issue would come from my mother's side of the family, and despite a history of severe mental illness that I've been able to gather, there's little additional information. My mother died in her early 50s, and her mother in her early 60s. The coroner's report said my mother had traces of cocaine in her system, and my maternal grandmother died of breast cancer, as far as I know. My grandmother did use a cane on occasion, iirc. My paternal grandmother is likely to outlive us all, although I'm certain she doesn't want to. She's using a walker now, but that's because her balance is declining.
For now, I'm doing what I can to either get a diagnosis or to rule it out. The orthopedist in Terre Haute was not helpful in this regard. I don't know if the PT I saw knows about it, and the referral to Doctor Heidi Collins I requested (who takes the Healthy Indiana Plan fortunately enough), could take months. I have in the past two years, collected three different braces given to me or prescribed by doctors. And they do help.
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Don't worry abut it. As you know, anxiety is an insidious thing. It would have found something else to latch onto. It's been a long-time companion and adversary in my life.But it's still much better than the possibility of RA, and it's likely my sister confused RA in family members for a hypermobility issue.Anxiety issues, depression, autoimmune thyroid issues, supernumerary teeth, and screwy ankles are also apparently common in EDS-HT or JHS. (Check on all of those, although the dentist keeps trying to get me to get rid of that incisor that grew in behind one of my molars. If she wants to extract my teeth, she can fight Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and get an approval to sedate me or put me out. I don't want a repeat of what happened when I was younger.)
As for taking an inventory of the family, that's a bit hard since I'm almost certain this issue would come from my mother's side of the family, and despite a history of severe mental illness that I've been able to gather, there's little additional information. My mother died in her early 50s, and her mother in her early 60s. The coroner's report said my mother had traces of cocaine in her system, and my maternal grandmother died of breast cancer, as far as I know. My grandmother did use a cane on occasion, iirc. My paternal grandmother is likely to outlive us all, although I'm certain she doesn't want to. She's using a walker now, but that's because her balance is declining.
For now, I'm doing what I can to either get a diagnosis or to rule it out. The orthopedist in Terre Haute was not helpful in this regard. I don't know if the PT I saw knows about it, and the referral to Doctor Heidi Collins I requested (who takes the Healthy Indiana Plan fortunately enough), could take months. I have in the past two years, collected three different braces given to me or prescribed by doctors. And they do help.