I have an arthritic big toe - you can't me from this because it's between me and my medical records, I don't think I've ever experienced such a lull in conversation that I've found the need to tell my husband or parents. I certainly don't go around telling people I have arthritis, which is a different thing entirely.I’m not sure she has arthritis because she has lied about so many different ailments. Her idea of arthritis is probably an ache in her hand.
Not being reductive to people who genuinely have arthritis.