RA Causing Failing Joints and Little Bumps

I was diagnosed with RA ten years ago.

Surgeries Abound

I had to have my right index finger knuckle fused, I have had one hip replaced (8 years ago), now need the other one replaced. My right knee is shot and the left is starting to fail too. My shoulders are bad too!

Exercise Hurts

I exercise because it is important for my brain but it hurts! I'm tired of being in pain after doing something that is essential for my mental and physical well-being.

Skin Issues

Over the last 8-9 months, I started getting these bumps that look like a wart or blister but are neither. They start as a dot and get to the size of a large pimple. As they get larger they become extremely painful. I have tried to puncture them thinking they were a blister but nothing comes out, until they eventually open up and I have to get the core out of them. I had one on the tip of my finger first time that has happened and it was so painful that I could not touch anything with that finger. I'm sick of them and would like to know what they are. Does anybody have any idea?

Some of the stories that I have heard about people that have rheumatoid arthritis are a hundred times worse than mine. I tell myself that everyday. When I am exercising that it could be a lot worse.