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So glad i found this site!!

By themsbugs Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Hi, im Sue.  I was diagnosed this past May with RA.  My rheumatologist thinks that i've had it for even longer according to my symptoms.  He put me on methotrexate, plaquenil, sulindac, folic acid, and just this past week: enbrel.

One day, i just browsing for info, and came across this site.  I cant say enuff about it.  I'm so glad i found it.  The info you can get here is much more than your dr can give you.  This is the voice of RA.  You can come here to read about battles and struggles with this life-altering disease.  You can come for updates on new treatments.  You can come to laugh and cry with others.  There are experts here that have been living with this disease for years. 

What more can you ask for, besides a cure!  I'm so glad i came across this site.  Keep up the good work.

 

JB, Editor
10/ 8/08 11:48am

Welcome, welcome, welcome Sue!

 

I'm Joy, the site manager. I am so glad that you found what you needed and more here in our community. Every day I am amazed and impressed by the support our readers provide for each other; the tough, smart questions they ask about medication, dealing with family and staying positive themselves; and by the honesty of our experts who share the lessons they've learned living with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

 

Every time someone like you joins us, we become a better community.

 

Share, ask questions and let us know if there's anything else you need or were just wondering about. Thank you!

Anonymous
Opal Ansley
10/10/08 4:56pm

Just remember it is another of those  things that are hard to live with.  Talk with those of us who have had it a long time and listen carefully.  Keep your body moving and weight down to a healthy range.  Exercise as much as your body can handle.  Listen to your Dr.  I hope he specializes in RA.  Take as few pain med.'s as possible.  That way when you get older and everything else hurt too, you will nor be too tolerate to pain killers and they will work better.

RA is not a good thing to have but there are things that are more unmanagible.  I have not been on this site before and glad that I happened on it too.  God Bless, Opal

Anonymous
Margie
10/10/08 5:57pm

I have had RA for 11 years,and you can say that I was one of the one that

didn't listen in the early years. I am now paying for it. I just found out about a

year ago that I have OA also. That can get tough when you have both.lol There

starting me in a pain center on the 16. So any newcomers don't be a hardhead like i was.

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