Ladybrannon,
can I ask what your other symptoms are?
I have recurring pain in what I think is my sciatic nerve--it radiates down threw my leg sometimes to my ankles. I have had periodic joint pain in my hands for as long as I can remember, but I htought it was caused by too much keying at work. When I was pregnant, I had such a hard time iwth my sciatic nerve that I could harldy walk my first 3 monhts!
More recently, I had pain in a joint in my foot that was so stron it sent me to urgent care. After initial testing, I saw my regular doc who indicated that I had a slightly elevated levels of inflammation in my connective tissue which might indicate a non-rheumatoid type of arthritis or possibly lupus. If I exercise regulary, I have zero pain so I just decided to move on wtih my life and not see a rhuematologist. For the past week, i've had pain radiating thru my leg and it doesn't hurt at all during exercise, but any other time I can only alleviate the pain w/celebrex.
Since you have similar pain and you have an auto-immune disorder, wondering if I need to go back and get checked out further?