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Hollybgroovin

posted 05/15/2008, comment (1)

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis in "Tornado Alley"

It’s still amazes me how Rheumatoid Arthritis can affect so many different aspects of my life. Here I am, many years after my diagnosis, still learning so much about life with this disease. Here I am, still trying to live well with RA. Tornado Alley, Oklahoma I live in northeastern Oklahoma, right in the middle of... Read more Chevron

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Hollybgroovin

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posted 05/12/2008, comments (4)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Make You Feel Lonely

Rheumatoid Arthritis, another way to say lonely? Oh, I remember it well, the loneliness that RA brings. Maybe I know it well because I still live with it everyday. It’s the feeling that no one could ever possibly understand. It’s the feeling that there is no one cares and that we all seem to have been... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/05/2008, comment (1)

There is life with RA!

Sometimes I forget that there is more to life than my own Rheumatoid Arthritis. Sometimes I am so consumed with being sick, that I forget that there is purpose to my life. Sometimes it’s hard to see through my pain. Flaring This weekend was an absolutely exhausting weekend for me. I got less than six hours of... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/04/2008, comments (6)

New to RA, and very curious about others initial symptoms

I have been dealing with my thumbs and wrists hurting for almost 2 yrs now. I went to my doctor, she tested me for lupus and RA and the tests were negative. She then sent me to orthopedics where they made me braces and treated me for tendonitis. I returned to my doc after a long period of constant pain in my hands and now in my ankles and knees.... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 04/28/2008, comment (1)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment, Work Disability and Employability

The pain, fatigue and limited mobility associated with RA affect all parts of a persons' life, especially the ability to work productively. Several studies in the past few years have shown that people with Rheumatoid Arthritis tend to have a much higher rate of functional limitation in work activities, use more sick days than people without... Read more Chevron

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