Rheumatoid Arthritis - People Who Are Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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posted 10/02/2008, comments (5)

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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posted 10/01/2008, comments (0)

Please Urge your Senator to vote YES on the Arthritis Prevention Control and Cure Act

URGENT: EVERYONE CALL YOUR SENATORS! Time Is Running Out In The Senate Arthritis Prevention Control and Cure Act (H.R.1283) Has Passed The House; It Must Pass The Senate. Grassroots Phone Calls Are Essential Through Friday, October 3rd! This is the last chance in the 110th Congress to pass the first arthritis-related legislation in... Read more Chevron

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Young, single professional in New York City

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posted 10/07/2008, comments (3)

Excerpt: I'm Just a Pill-popping Gal Who Likes To Shoot Up

Excerpted from The Single Gal's Guide to RA See the accompanying comic strip drawn by Jane Samborski Sundays for me have always served as relaxing, lazy days when I could sleep in, fix a big breakfast with a hot mug of coffee and hang about, maybe watching a movie or reading a good book. But now, accompanying... Read more Chevron

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I will soon be 48. Combo of Kidney Disease (stage 4) & R.A.

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posted 09/27/2008, comments (2)

My hubby found this site for me. Hello all.

This is my first post. I want all to know that I share in your pain, and your confusion. I was in the medical field for many years. It helped me understand my disease a little more. It is a nasty disease, and holds no predjudice. It can hit anyone at any age. I understand the frustration, anger and depression that comes with this... Read more Chevron

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Barbara Ann

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I am 54 years old and I sudfer with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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posted 09/27/2008, comments (31)

FED UP!!!!!!!

I am tried of having this disease, it has interfere with my every day acrivities, my husband does not understand, he thinks I just don't want to do things, it is not that I don't want to, it is because when I attempt to I suffer later with so much pain. I am at my wits end.

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