and then there was joint pain

So, did you know that the 3rd symptom of 5th disease (in adults) is joint pain? I did but I never expected it to hit like it did the other night. It started in the evening with my left arm feeling achy and by 10 or 11, I was 100% ready to just give in. I took 4 ibuprofen within 2 hours and the pain only got worse. It was a very rough night of thinking how hard it was going to be twirling a mandrel! By the morning (and after I broke into the stash of 'good stuff' from previous prescriptions) the pain had subsided to a manageable level, but I still chose to visit a doctor. He confirmed that I wasn't having a heart attack :) and that it was this funny named disease and gave me a couple of different arthritis type medications.
I am doing pretty good now, with just a low level of achyness. In less than a week, I will be heading out of town and I can't afford non-torch time now!