ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, MY FOURTH FINGER STARTED TO SWELL AND WAS PAINFUL. AT FIRST I PUT THIS DOWN TO MY DOGS COLLAR GOT CAUGHT AROUND THE FINGER. AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEK I WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO SAID IT WAS PROBABLY ARTHRITIS AND TO TAKE NEUROFEN. I DID THIS FOR A WHILE BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I NOW CANNOT BEND THIS FINGER PROBABLY AND SOMETIMES HAVE STIFFNESS IN MY OTHER HAND. I ALSO HSAVE QUITE A LOT OF HEEL AND ANKLE PAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS AND AFTER I HAVE BEEN SITTING DOWN A WHILE - ONCE I AM UP AND ABOUT, THIS PAIN DISAPPEARS.
I AM FINDING THIS IS MAKING ME QUITE DEPRESSED AND REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION COULD BE. AT THE MOMENT, TYPING THIS IS REALLY QUITE PAINFUL.
I WAS THINKING OF BUIYING A MAGNETIC BRACELET AND START TAKING COD LIVER OILS TABLETS.
I FEEL I NEED TO GO TO A ANOTHER DOCTOR BUT NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TYPE OF DOCTOR- OI HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE AND LIVE IN SPAIN AND WORK IN SPAIN.
ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE?