Diagnosed

Hello folks, I was diagnosed with RA June of 2013, although about 15 years ago my doctor then thought I might have it but figured I was too young and didn't do anything about, so fast forward to May 2013, I feel a bump on the top of my left hand, went to my nurse practitioner for something else but had her heel it, she figured it was inflammed and had me but a warm cloth on it to get it out, it didn't like it that much, they actually hospitalized me because they didn't know what it was.  Well 2 weeks later, I wake up with a major swollen right foot, it was red and purple and so damn swollen, my NP gave me prednisone, it helped, she also sent me to an RA doc.  2 weeks later before the RA doc, it flared up again on my foot, so by the time I saw the RA doc it was severe.  So I'm currently in a severe state of RA, on 3 medications, in pain every day, even as I type, so I'm going to stop for now.