Sorry to hear about the pain. I have a story to add.My first big pain in my tendons in my feet came when I was getting ready for the Ironman race. Spent many sleepless nights thinking I might not be able to do it. I also always had runners trots, but never made the connection. Eventually the wrists, elbows and fingers came on board, and two years later, well after the race, my intestines gave in on another marathon. My training partner insisted it cannot be just the sport. Few month later I was diagnosed with
Crohn's, and got
steroids( entocort) . It helped with the intestines, and to my surprise, with the pain in my tendons. It felt like I never had to worry about it again. But its back. Now I have lot more visits with a arthritis doctor, than GI one. I take sulfa, but there are times when I have to get a steroid shot for pain. It generally comes all together, GI tract pain and tendon pain. Its weird.