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No one understands


by: EW on Wed, Mar 26 2008

I am amazed to this day that very few people know what Rheumatoid Arthritis is. Even my hand doctors who were splinting me, my radiologists who were giving me knee braces with a script, even my my own father, a Doctor (!) and mother (a nurse!) could not understand why I was so crippled.

Amazing.

One day I had a cyst aspirated from my wrist and the fluid drawn looked peculiar to this Dr. He wrote me a script to see a Rheumatologist Four days later on Enbrel, I was fine!

This is the scary thing: there has been some joint deformation in my feet - not so bad - but now any secondary condition gets complicated. Then I had shingles and had to stop Enbrel. Then this and that, and now I have to have surgery on my foot for a neuroma Fun.

No one seems to be joining this topic, and I wonder why. I think it could be a really great help to all of us. What do you say, readers? Tired of “well, why don’t you just take a tylenol?”

Elizaroid

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  1. Sun, Apr 20 2008
    I completely understand how you feel. I am 36 years old and have had to deal with RA since I was 31. People do not understand. People in my age gro...Read
  2. Thu, Mar 27 2008
    Hi, I am new to this post.I completly understand your sit. with RA.I got diagnosed with it a few yrs. back with swelling of the hands.You are very luc...Read

March 2008

  • Where did I get RA from? - by CAW - (Wed, Mar 26 2008)
    After walking around with knee swelling and pain thinking it’s just arthritis of the knees. I purchased a cane to help me keep the other knee from the stress of over working it. [more..]
  • No one understands - by EW - (Wed, Mar 26 2008)
    I am amazed to this day that very few people know what Rheumatoid Arthritis is. Even my hand doctors who were splinting me, my radiologists who were giving me knee braces with a script, even my my own father, a Doctor (!) and mother (a nurse!) could not understand why I was so crippled. [more..]
  • RA - by Robyn - (Fri, Mar 14 2008)
    I was diagnosed with Ra just about 4 months ago. To say the least it was a shock. I though the stiffness,swelling and pain were just my age catching up with me. [more..]
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