What exactly is Glucosamine sulfate?

But Mary, why do you always seem to trip up when it comes to chemicals?

Angela Wright said:Fine, whatever. Take care.👋

Mary😂
Same to you. And next time, try using Google first. 🤣

jadesailor14 said:but Mary, why do you keep picking fights with Chemist?

😕 What are you even talking about?

Actually, it doesn't matter—this whole situation has just become weird and I honestly have no idea where this is headed...

I told her privately what was bothering me about Chemist, and she decided to take it public...
hollowraven posted some arguments involving both Chemist and myself, so I responded...

Can we please just stick to the topic? If anyone has other questions, take them to private messages.

Angela Wright said:I’ve started noticing these changes in the joints right under my nails—you can't even see them visually, but if I happen to shake hands with someone who has a firm grip, the pain hits me so hard I feel like I might actually faint. It all started with this awful tingling sensation in my hands every single morning. Did you experience that numbness and pain too, and if so, how much time passed before those visible deformities actually showed up?

I have those same little bumps under my nail joints myself; I don't recall any tingling, so I assume I skipped that stage entirely, but the visible parts have been there for quite a while now. Sometimes they seem to recede slightly, only to flare up and enlarge again depending on how much I push myself during the day. Right now, my index finger is killing me—it's been swollen for over a month and is starting to look a bit crooked, but I'm certainly not the type to sit around coddling myself; I just deal with the pain when it strikes.
I refuse to dwell on it too much, mainly because as long as it isn't rheumatoid arthritis, I can live with it.

If your hands are tingling like that, you might want to get an X-ray of your spine and see a neurologist, at least in my amateur opinion.
I hope I haven't been too tiresome.

Sarah Ward84 said:I’ve got those same little bumps on my knuckles right below the nails. I don't recall any numbness, so I assume that wasn't part of it. They've been visible for a long time now; sometimes they seem to recede slightly, then swell up again depending on how much I move my hands during the day. Right now, my index finger is killing me—it's been swollen for over a month and looks a bit crooked. But honestly, I don't baby myself; I'm not the type to sit around coddling every ache, though I'll definitely let out a groan when the pain hits.
The main thing is that it isn't rheumatoid arthritis, so I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

If your hands are actually going numb, you might want to get an X-ray of your spine and see a neurologist, at least in my amateur opinion.
Hope I wasn't being too annoying.

Not really😉
I already saw my doctor, and they just sent me for hand X-rays, and that was the end of it. They told me there are early signs of degenerative changes—they didn't specify if it's arthritis or osteoarthritis—and said it'll likely progress in waves, but there's nothing they can prescribe for me right now. They did mention I could run blood tests for specific markers to check for rheumatoid arthritis. The reason I asked how long it took for your joints to stiffen up is because I'm terrified of losing mobility entirely. My job requires a lot of manual, detailed work, and I'm still so early in my career.