It took six whole yrs of constant blood tests for RA to show up in my blood, even my consultant was surprised, they actually didnt think i had RA, even though i have the classic symptoms,

Hugs....Rachel xxx

Hi  I was diagnosed last year but was only ever told that my factor was positive.  I suffer badly with my hand wrists shoulder neck and my knees.  sometimes my hands are so bad I cant even open the kitchen door or lift the kettle to fill it in the morning.  I would like to know my positive factor to givr me some indication as t how bad my RA is compared to how bad it can get.  At least it would give me some sort of scale to compare with.  somedays I feel I'm going crazy and imagining my illness and need to know more about how far the RA has progressed and what is left to come and other days I really dont want to know becasue it just hard enough living with RA without knowing any more!!