Arthritis Is A *****

Been dealing with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis for years. Past few years every damn joint hurts. Hands are so stiff can't even make a fist anymore. Wife finally convinced me to see a Rheumatologist. Blood work, some x-rays and an exam later....Doc is sending me for a high density bone scan. Said he wants to get the blood/scan results before saying much. Did say that my hand trouble is sort of pointing to pseudogout. He looked at some of my previous blood work and asked if I had ever seen a endocranagist (spelling?). He made mention that this could be thyroid related....
The aging process....not for lightweights