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Mario Huerta

posted 10/20/2009, comments (2)

The Miracle Cream

My sister in law was diagnosed with RA when she was 25, she is 39 now, and it continues to worsen. She went through steroid treatment and also taking many pain pills. She got tired of it and she resigned herself to live with it. I introduced her to a products (On The Spot Arthritis Cream) and told her to try it for a week. She called me back... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/19/2009, comments (4)

Faith, Spirituality and RA

We don't talk too much about faith and spirituality around here. What you believe and what gets you through is very personal and although many of us touch on it occasionally in SharePosts, it tends to be in the background. Not just because of the privacy thing, but probably also because generally, there is no faster way to ruin a good conversation... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/19/2009, comments (13)

Hereditary or not hereditary ?

How many others of us with RA have inherited it ? My grandmother had RA. My mother did not but her sister (my aunt) did. My grandmother's was not as bad as mine. She only had it in hands and feet until she died at 78. My Aunt's RA was very bad like me. She had it everywhere like me. She died of other causes... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/16/2009, comment (1)

Arthritis in your 20's

I've been living with arthritis since I was 11 and every year I dread the winter. :( Nothing worse then cold joints that freeze up. I've decided to finally start writing about it. I was so ashamed as a child that I never talked about it. Now that it's been more then a decade I think its time I let it... Read more Chevron

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Eddie

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posted 10/16/2009, comments (4)

Enbrel a real miracle drug for 10 + yrs but last 30 days have been the worse.

Hello all, I was diagnosed with RA at the age of 33 (44 now). My Rheumy at the time back in 1999 insisted we begin by treating my RA very aggressively and prescribed Enbrel, MTX and Celebrex. Being that Enbrel was brand new to the market and I hated injections I was more than against any injections. As the months went by, approx 2-3, I was... Read more Chevron

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