I would have like to ask whether the symptoms with regard to inflammatory response are reduced when the disease is not 'flaring' and whether the lowered inflammatory response leads medical practitioners to make another diagnosis (or not diagnose) in the case of early disease progression even with a long history of pain & inflammation. Also, given very long waiting times (even with top med insurance) to see a specialist rheumatologist in some Australian cities, whether the longstanding tests of heightened CRP & ESR levels & a feeling of fever & general unwellness & longstanding pain even matter? Often the flares, have long passed before seeing a specialist, only to reoccur down the track requiring more tests... and so the cycle goes on.