Information and opinions on health from oftentired at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/166803/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/166803/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/166803/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/166803/129428/do Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:13:46 -0500 oftentired For four years after being diagnosed with RA I kept hearing "your sed rate is not elevated."  I have a blood disorder and it's in my chart. Well I researched online and guess what?  A sed rate cannot be done on a patient with spherocytosis because it will give a false reading.  Of course it will but why didn't anyone else know it? There are other diseases that affect the sed rate and I wonder if other patients know enough to... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/166803/129428/do http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/166803/92398/dis Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:34:47 -0400 oftentired Hello all......I know we are all in the same neighborhood of RA and I was just wondering if it's possible to get approved for disability.  What are  the chances??  I cannot keep a job anymore and cannot get even close because of my attendance.   I am absolutely at my wits end.  I have applied for disability and don't know what to think. http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/166803/92398/dis