Arthritis

I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis.  Officially in my feet.  I have been diagnoses with degenerative disc disease as a result of my back pain and back surgery. I have been diagnoses with two compressed cervical vertebrae.

Years ago, I mean many years ago, I woke up one morning, and the middle joint of each thumb was swollen and aching.  Some of the swelling eventually went away, and the ache went away before the swelling decreased.

Yesterday, inexplicably, the joint in my right thumb became very painful.  I have been massaging it and that seems to help.  I am not sure what that means, but it is not unbearable, just inconvenient.