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Alyssa2009

I am 17 and my mom was diagnosed with RA when I was 5

Emotional and Financial Challenges of Rheumatoid Arthritis

My name is Alyssa, I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. My mother was diagnosed with RA in March of 1995 and living with it has affected me a lot as well. At my high school we do what is called a senior project (research paper, physical product, visual presentation) which is required of us to graduate. The topic I chose... Read more Chevron

posted 11/11/2008, comments (6)|

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Kristina

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Having a tough time with medications!

So, my mother-in-law is having a tough time with her medication. She has developed a rash over her arms and legs that is causing severe itching. Also her skin has thinned a lot so when she scratches she bleeds very easily. Another thing is she bruises so easily. She had a bruise the size of a fist on her arm and when I asked her... Read more Chevron

posted 08/04/2008, comments (4)|

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Wish1313

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Hope from a wishchild

"One thing that's true for every person is that sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes the worst possible thing happens, and we are all caught off guard and don't know just what to do. We struggle, we worry and we cry. Yet even when things go horribly wrong, very few things stay wrong. No matter how wrong a thing, no matter how bad the hurt, no... Read more Chevron

posted 07/10/2008, comments (0)|

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Watching my mom go through RA really made me aware of this disease. She tells me that there are worse things to have. After all, RA doesn't kill you. Does anyone else have this opinion?

posted 05/22/2008, comment (1)|

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aloke

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RF once positive then negative

I want to ask the experts that if a person has tested positive to RF at repaeated intervals with clinical signs of RA and later after few years RF turns out to be negative despite joint deformities what does it signify? aloke

posted 05/15/2008, comment (1)|

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