survey says...

[cathyw]

doctor got back to me and given the exact test results, he thinks it's not "kind of scary autoimmune condition Y" (rheumatoid arthritis, which is also apparently not as scary as I thought it was with late-in-life onset), it's "not-great-but-less-scary condition X" (ordinary average osteoarthritis).

and I suppose either way I'm looking forward to shiny new chronic pain and reduced mobility in my hands and wrists.

corporeal form, as noted, is bullshit.