Sadly my doctor has made glucosamine off limits to me. I am going to get a referral to see a doctor at the VA that specializes in this soft of thing. Of the 8 fingers I have (minus thumbs, of course) 3 of my middle knuckles "snap" and lock and I have to manually unlock them.

I don't even know of there is a "arthritis doctor". Rheumatologist sounds right.

I am going to preset Mario's exact regimen and see what the doc says.