My rheumatologist is convinced I have lupus but she can't call it that bc the only marker that is positive currently is my ANA. She is calling it undifferentiated connective tissue disorder. I also have hypothyroidism that is very difficult to regulate. Ihler's Danlos Syndrome and next week I am being tested for microscopic colitis, which apparently is also an autoimmune response.

Well, when my arthritis, not the osteo, first showed up, my rheumatoid factor was negative. I honestly can't remember the name my rheumatologist gave it. When my rheumatoid factor showed positive after about 4 years or so, diagnosis became rheumatoid arthritis.