Information and opinions on Rheumatoid Arthritis from aircrew 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/998796 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/998796/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/998796 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/998796/78048/enc Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:23:34 -0400 aircrew Well first of all thank you all for the encouragement and advice. This is all scary for me as all I ever wanted to do is fly tacticly (blow crap up). Well I have now been grounded for six months although they did give me an 18 hour up chit for a training mission so I could show someone else how to do something. I had to come off all my meds for a week (man was I sore that week). Anyways yesterday was another visit to my rheumie. Lets just say it... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/998796/78048/enc http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/998796/73672/ra Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:26:46 -0400 aircrew Hey everyone Well I am a 28 yr old male and currently in the NAVY. Anyways I got diagnose 4 months ago. Up until then I was flying for the navy. As soon as I got diagnose they grounded me. Right now my career is in a stall while we wait for me to get my condition in to remission. Well according to my flight surgeon I have to come off prednisone in order to fly again. The problem is that i just had my first flare up last week (my hands swelled up... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/998796/73672/ra