It took a long time for me to get dx too, and it is exstreamly frustating for all of us to have to go doctor to doctor before we get the correct dx. But it is a very hard disease to pin point, b/c there are so many things that mimic RA, and certain things don't always show up right away. But then there are some doctors...and i have had many in the past, that don't even try to help it seems. Some are too quik to just give you a pill-even though you know it wont do a thing for what is really going on, just to shut ya up...ya know. And RA meds are very powerful drugs, and they cannot just start somone one them-without a person fitting all of the criteria first.

I hope this helped you.