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Alexandra1214

Retired Administrative Asst. that now Trains & Shows Dogs!

posted 09/03/2009, comments (2)

I Finally Got The Point .....My Summer Vacation ....

One if my RA Doctor's biggest complaints with me is "that I don't take my RA seriously" ... but this past Spring while at a dog show with my husband and his Collies, Colby & Ryan, while Ryan was being touched up for the show... Colby wanted Daddy's attention ... or mine ... so he pawed at myleg ... no big deal I thought ... until our handler,... Read more Chevron

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Ellen

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BA-Music, MM-Music Theory, married with 1 daughter, 25...

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posted 08/28/2009, comments (14)

Does the change of seasons affects others as it does me ... ?

This is an ongoing question: Each year for the past several years, I have lost energy in a major way as summer turns into fall and winter. I live in the "North Country" region of New York State (north of the NYS Thruway, which runs from Albany through Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. I probably have 'seasonal affective... Read more Chevron

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Emma M

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Diagnosed RA aged six. Now 38 with Juvenile Chronic Arthritis.

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posted 08/13/2009, comments (8)

Choice: treat arthritis or try to be a mum ... thoughts needed

Hi, all - really hope that most (if not all) of you are having a good day today. Would really appreciate some thoughts. Due to fertility issues for me and partner, we've had five lots of IVF since April 2008. No joy. View all round is that my RA is the reason it's not working as my body goes crazy - v high temp - when... Read more Chevron

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Jeanne

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posted 08/10/2009, comments (7)

Just putting it out there

Since being diagnosed with RA back in December I've felt a million different emotions and I've shook most of them off so far, thank goodness. But some of them seem to still linger. I'm not sure if I'll shake these off. Something I never really hear women or men with RA talk about-I feel so inadequate as a young woman. ... Read more Chevron

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Sara Nash

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posted 08/05/2009, comments (32)

The Specter of RA: Is Remission Real?

See the accompanying comic! I'm usually a pretty brave girl when it comes to dealing with the trials and travails of living with rheumatoid arthritis, but there is one subject that makes me feel, well, a little spooked: (dare my fingers even type the word?) Remission. Somehow, though my condition has steadily improved... Read more Chevron

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