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posted 05/09/2009, comments (3)

How do you live with it????

All the test results are in. I don't have... RA, OA, Lupus, and the Rhummy doesn't think it's fibro. Now What. This has been a terible blow to me. I'm sick. Why can't they find out what's making me sick. Every DR, and there have been tons of them, Think it's something different. And most conclusions end with, Well pain management is the only... Read more Chevron

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Pattye Snyder

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posted 01/12/2009, comments (0)

More Joint Replacement Surgeries for Arthritis, and Reasons to be Grateful

Before Christmas, I mentioned that I had fallen (again) and fractured my fibula. Of course many friends asked how, or why I fell. Like many of my fellow osteoarthritis sufferers, my balance can be precarious at times, so I just chalked it up to my OA and its increasing involvement in my life. I sometimes feel that my osteoarthritis is... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/07/2009, comments (0)

Lists for Living With Arthritis: A New Perspective

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog called Lists for Living. In it, I talked about a close friend who, upon finding she had a terminal illness, refused the vast variety of experimental medical programs that the doctors offered (and added that "they MIGHT help"). She chose not to let them make her body into a human guinea pig, so she... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/31/2008, comments (0)

5 Tips to Keeping Your Arthritis New Year’s Resolutions

As you likely know, I am hopeful that some of your New Year's resolutions will be for an even healthier new year. That means staying hydrated, eating a well-balanced, anti-inflammatory diet, taking supplements when appropriate, and staying active and pain-free. Of course, making a resolution is one thing, keeping that resolution is another. Here... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/31/2008, comments (0)

New Year’s Resolutions: Eat well, exercise, stay healthy and active!

I should start with a disclaimer -- At first blush, I am not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions. I prefer for all of us to examine our core values and consider how we want to live our lives every day of our lives. With that said, there are certain milestones in life, graduating college, graduate school, getting married, having children, that... Read more Chevron

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