Rheumatoid Arthritis - All People Who Are Interested In "Joint Replacement"

nan

55 years old and been living with this diease for 33 years

posted 01/15/2009, comments (3)

Worst pain than having rheumatoid arthritis

I have been living with RA for over half of my life and have learn to deal with it. I learn early on that you have to fight this diease every day to win and I have done that. My daughter was told on her 18th birthday that she had adult onset RA. That hurt me more than my normal pain but we learnt to deal with it and move on. Now... Read more Chevron

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diana66

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My name is diana and I am a caregiver.

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posted 12/18/2008, comments (0)

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I have degenerative arthritis in my right arm. I don't know anyone else who has this particular type of arthritis. I was diagnosed at the age of 20, about 22 years ago. I would like some feed back on this. I would also like some feed back on coping with chronic pain.

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Galen Gilchrist

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I have been living with RA for 45 years.

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posted 10/02/2008, comment (1)

My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis

I have been living with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 46 years, being diagnosed at the age of 19. The disease burned its way through my body like a forest fire. Before I had it for two years I was on crutches. I married and had two daughters, having to become creative in how I cared for them, wheeling them around in a stroller in the house... Read more Chevron

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nk41042

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posted 10/02/2008, comments (7)

Nanci K..."livng" with RA

I feel your pain...REALLY!! I was diagnosed when I was 26 years old and had a 3 month old and a 4 year old. I lived in a great od two story house and I worked as a veterinary technician part time, a job I loved. It took a long time to come up with a diagnosis and (my family doc) when I was diagnosed (in 1978) I was told to take aspirin every 4... Read more Chevron

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CyndiLou

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posted 05/06/2008, comments (2)

Life after surgery

Well I had surgery on March 25th to fuse my knee, there were a few complications but all went pretty well. I got home on the 29th and things were going slow but steady. I can't walk for three months and I'm still in pain but I'm hanging in there. On April 22nd I was back in the hospital to have surgery to clean out the wound, it got infected and I... Read more Chevron

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