The Adventure that is my life

Hello new friends. I have RA i was diagnoed in July of 2006 i am learning all i can about it and trying not to fall in a deep depression in the process..

The hardest thing about this is the friends i have lost as a part of my changing life.. they have fallen by the wayside left and right and i have always been so social i dont know what to do with myself now.. my mom would tell me "they were not your real freinds anyway" and she is right, but in that same breath do I really have real freinds? people who would care less that my hands always hurt, that my body moves slower than it use it. and i cant clean up after the big party like i used to?

life is forever changed forme.. i guess i never did do well with change.. But Im learning