Excuse me - had to take a call.

The " knots " are swollen lumps at the site of the metatarsal joints with the toes. Currently the worst are located at my 2nd and third toes of the left foot and the 5th toe of the right foot. The asociated toes are also swollen and sore. My podiatrist describes the condition as capsullitis and while the diagnosis inherently fits, it yet seems different. Very painful to walk for any extended period of time and the pain is debilitating.

I also have an extremely tight feeling all the way across in front of the balls of both feet. I constantly clench, extend and stretch my toes to try to alleviate the pain and sensation. As I mentioned earlier one toe actually deformed laterally and them " hammered ". It is quite painful now.

The burning, parathesia, dysthesia and numbness I have is basically confined to my toes and forefeet.

Both of my knees were drained of fluid muliple times and the Baker's Cysts that developed were drained as well. The one in my right leg actually descended into my calf and was huge beyond belief. The amount of fluid that was drained from it twice was astounding.

I had an elevated sed rate for almost two years. I was tested for gout and pseudo-gout. The fluid drained from my knees and the cysts was tested multiple times for bacterial infections and gout. The rheumotologist did every kind of blood test known to man, plus ultrasounds of internal organs, etc..

No RA or OA yet I still have symptoms of RA. ????? I take Celebrex daily that my GP is nice enough to provide me with samples of since we lost our insurance coverage.

The " knots " in my feet have been injected with dexamethasone in October 2010 and two weeks ago. My GP says that it will make my nuerological condition(s) worse, while the Podiatrist insists it will not. All I know is that two of the " knots " and swelling in my toes went away after the injections last October so I'm game to try again.

As far as the surgery goes - the doctor involved in that process ruined my left foot in the repair of of a simple dislocated 4th toe. I had pain, discomfort and dysthesia in that foot for 18 months before I developed my current condition symmetrically. He promptly and adamently refused to acknowledge that the surgery had anything to do with it, although he did offer to break and reset the fourth metatarsal head that he misaligned through pinning the toe to begin with. It sits far lower than the rest of my left foot, moves up and down with each step and burning nerve pain shoots through the joint with each step as it moves.

The Krill oil I ordered is 350 mg - how much of that?

The B complex I take has 28 mg of B6 in it. The Podiatrist suggested supplementing that with another 100 mg. ????