Information and opinions on health from Kadie 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/354764/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/354764/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/354764/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/354764/64253/ra Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:50:02 -0400 Kadie Does anyone have advice on how they have dealt with being in a relationship while having a chronic and variable incapacitating disease? My relationship is relatively new, just a year, and she is over 10 years younger than me. Now, during a flare, I feel ANCIENT compared to her, and am so afraid of holding her back from her life. Our biggest problem has been my fatigue, but she's also afraid to touch me because almost every joint is swollen and... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/354764/64253/ra http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/354764/59818/don Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:03:12 -0500 Kadie After years of knee pain and several months of hand pain, I finally got tested last week: Rheumatoid factor of 248. But I can't get an appointment with a Rheumatologist to be officially dx until April. (New Orleans has a healthcare crises.) Meanwhile, every day my hands are more swollen and have just started to twist. I looked at them last night and started to cry - they look like a stranger's. I can't even open the Alleve bottle any more. My... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/354764/59818/don