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RA & New Year's Resolutions: Making 2013 A Happy, Healthy Year

How about making New Year's Resolutions that really matter this year? Let's set some healthy, realistic goals, and not neglect our mental health in the process. Losing weight is a popular resolution, and an especially tough one for those of us on RA medications. I have gained 20 pounds since starting Prednisone, and I cannot seem to get rid... Read more Chevron

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Finding Creative Ways to Manage Osteoarthritis: Managing the Rainy Season in Tanzania

There are many unique challenges and experiences with living in or around the African Bush. The other day, we were driving back to our hostel (a one hour drive each way over treacherous. rocky, and rutted dirt roads), where we had to drive through a large cattle herd "sharing" our road, but moving in the opposite direction. At times, a... Read more Chevron

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knee injury

if you have a knee injury (torn cartlidge), have had microfracture on knee, is it related if the other knee starts to gradually hurt due to overuse - stress from compensating for the knee pain in the knee that had microfracture?

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frustrated...but keepin' on.

Hi. I'm new to this site, and it seems like a good one, to be involved with- for me. I have osteoarthritis, & degenerative disc disease. ...This started, so severely a couple of years ago; and now, I have to use a wheelchair most of the time. I am 43 yrs. old, and I feel in my 80's...alot! Its hard, to use my arms & hands much of... Read more Chevron

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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

posted 05/09/2009, comments (4)|

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