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Galen Gilchrist

I have been living with RA for 45 years.

My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis

I have been living with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 46 years, being diagnosed at the age of 19. The disease burned its way through my body like a forest fire. Before I had it for two years I was on crutches. I married and had two daughters, having to become creative in how I cared for them, wheeling them around in a stroller in the house... Read more Chevron

posted 10/02/2008, comment (1)|

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nk41042

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Nanci K..."livng" with RA

I feel your pain...REALLY!! I was diagnosed when I was 26 years old and had a 3 month old and a 4 year old. I lived in a great od two story house and I worked as a veterinary technician part time, a job I loved. It took a long time to come up with a diagnosis and (my family doc) when I was diagnosed (in 1978) I was told to take aspirin every 4... Read more Chevron

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Learning to live with chronic pain.

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Shades of Lake Superior

Sunrise this morning was beautiful. So many different shades of color, always changing and moving. This was my sunrise this morning....Shades of Lake Superior. My photographs help me to forget this constant pain knocking at my door.

posted 09/08/2008, comments (0)|

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Chronic pain causes difficulty in urinating?

I am 40 years old, and have lived with moderate chronic pain from a back injury. I began noticing problems urinating about a year or so after I hurt my lower back, and subsequently developed an inguineal hernia, which required surgery to repair. I have been under the care of a urologist since the hernia repair, and he assures me that I... Read more Chevron

posted 05/22/2008, comments (0)|

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Amazed at the Dropping of pain patients!!

Dear Dr., When I read your article, I was struck by the horrid way in which you describe some of the ways that the "Pain Doctors" chose to take final care of their patients. Give them a 30 day supply and a goodbye? Treat them like common criminals, and we all know why it is like this; those common criminals really did mess... Read more Chevron

posted 05/11/2008, comments (14)|

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