question: MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN HAVING EDEMA IN BOTH ANKLES AND SEVERE KNEE PAIN FOR A MONTH NOW. WENT TO RHEUMATOLIGIST YESTERDAY AND HE ASPIRATED THE FLUID IN KNEE WITH RESULTS OF 2500--DREW BLOOD AND TOOK XRAYS OF KNEES AND ANKLES. MY HUSBAND IS ALREADY SUFFERRING FROM COPD-EMPHYSEMA AND ASBESTAS PLEURISY AND NO ONE WII TELL US ANYTHING--I HAVE SOME MEDICAL BACKGROUND AND THE DR SAID WHEN HE DID SLIDE IT LOOKED AROUND 1200 UNTIL HE SENT TO LAB--BOTH HIS PRIMARY AND PULMONOLOGIST SAY HE IS A VERY POOR CANIDATE FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT BUT COULD THIS BE SOMETHING ELSE? IT S GOING TO BE A LONG WEEKEND IF I DON T GET SOME ANSWERS. THANKYOU.