Information and opinions on health from nk41042 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/45646/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/45646/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/45646/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/45646/43225/nanci Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:49:46 -0400 nk41042 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 hours, quit my job, move to a one story house, take 2 two hour naps a day(at least) and sleep 10-12 hrs... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/45646/43225/nanci