Rheumatoid Arthritis Expert Hollybgroovin shares Rheumatoid Arthritis management news and commentary at MyRACentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.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/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/72315/diffe Tue, 26 May 2009 10:48:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin The difference is...   I really appreciate the differences in my two boys, in fact I celebrate them. I love them more than I ever thought possible to love someone, and I tell them all day everyday how they make me the happiest momma in the world! My oldest son Gavin is nine. He is brilliant. He has always been in the 98 percentile of students in the united states as far as testing at his age goes. He has a big vocabulary and loves to... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/72315/diffe http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/71497/love Tue, 19 May 2009 00:46:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin I was raised by my grandparents and I was very fortunate. My grandpa, being a deacon in our church, took me everywhere with him. I was his constant "tag-along" and I didn't mind one bit. He was always my hero. I remember how every sunday afternoon my grandpa would take me on a grocery shopping trip. This, however, was not the normal grocery shopping trip you might expect. After we would get the groceries packed in his old chevy S-10 we were on... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/71497/love http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/70710/letter Tue, 12 May 2009 15:56:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin From the outside looking in I don't like what I have been feeling lately. I have been put in a postion that makes me uncomfortable. It is a place that I hoped and prayed that I would never have to be in. Its a place that I dont want to face. I must face it to have understanding of the others, the ones who love me. Through my sadness and fears I will learn from it, and I will carry on.   Being sick isn't all about me I always knew... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/70710/letter http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/68508/hope Tue, 05 May 2009 18:27:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin What is hope? Living with rheumatoid arthritis is hard enough without living in a world that seems to have lost all sense of hope. Hope is a very important thing for all of us fellow rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. It is a word we hear often and pass along to others who suffer along with us. It just leaves me to wonder...what is hope?   The importance of hope I will tell people as often as they possibly will let me how important hope... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/68508/hope http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/67398/life Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:36:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin Supermom to the rescue! I could fold clothes, talk on the phone, make dinner, and have Star Wars light saber fights with my youngest son. I went to school full time, worked full time, and still had plently of time to greet my boys when they arrived home from school, snacks ready for them. I could mow my three acres on my handy little riding lawn mower, deliver 12 puppies, comfort my boys when they had nightmares, and play on my homemade... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/67398/life http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/65335/life Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:38:00 -0400 Hollybgroovin Your world is torn apart, and you wonder how you will possibly survive. Your plans for the future can never be. You had worked so hard just to find yourself back at the beginning, looking forward to that long scary road ahead of you. The memories of the life you once had seem locked in your mind, as you wonder if it's even possible to turn back now. You dread it, but in your heart you know that you now have a new life and that someday, somehow... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/65335/life http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/60162/fight Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:15:00 -0500 Hollybgroovin Remembering all that we have been through on our journey with rheumatoid arthritis is hard. It brings back feeling that we thought had long been forgotten. We forget the fight and the struggle for a diagnosis. We forget the emotions we felt when we first realized that our body could let us down. We forget what it was like to experience the downfall of all of our life plans that we once thought would come to be. This is what I have learned on my... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/60162/fight http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/59213/cheat Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:24:00 -0500 Hollybgroovin Cheating hurts and it is a very painful, emotional experience that breaks trust, ruins friendships, and leaves you questioning everything.  Whether it has been a spouse or a partner that has cheated, a co-worker who takes credit for your ideas, or a friend or classmate that has cheated off of you, it hurts!  But our society has taught us that what we find unacceptable in others is acceptable in our own personal lives.   We make... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/59213/cheat http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/57536/letter Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:21:00 -0500 Hollybgroovin A letter to all the Rheumatoid Arthritis "Newbies" I recently received an email in regards to someone who was doing research on rheumatoid arthritis.  They asked me what I would want to know from my doctors regarding the disease, medications, and side effects.  I thought about this for awhile and years of memories, that I am sure I have chosen to forget, flooded my mind.  I began to remember the loneliness I felt and the way I... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/57536/letter http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/56545/makes Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:21:00 -0500 Hollybgroovin Last year due to my husband changing jobs, and health insurance, and well...my annoying "pre-existing condition", I had a hard time with keeping my doctor's appointments as well as keeping all my medications filled.  I know, I know, it's not really the best way to fight rheumatoid arthritis.  So now, per my "New Year's Resolutions", I have already seen my rheumatologist and filled my prescriptions and am ready to start this year new... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/56545/makes