Buggie - that description of "can't unlock my knees" I can relate to. I long to sleep through the night but I know that if I don't get up for an hour or so in the middle somewhere, I'm completely locked in the morning. I have to lie there gently trying to free up the different bits - knees, shoulders, hands etc. before even contemplating trying to get out of bed.
Morning stiffness appears to be the classic symptom of inflammatory arthritis that distinguishes it from, say osteoarthritis. Certainly it's the one question that every rheumy and doctor has asked me.
