Growing pains.Did I read somewhere that growing pains were connected with RA?? I remember having awful pains years ago in my legs. My...reactions2comments
Tracie's storyI am 45 years young and was diagnosed at about the age of 2. The story goes that I had strep throat...reactions4comments
Handling StressA month ago my dad was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. Then on March 9, 2015 he had a heart attack...reactions1comment
Being uneducatedI was diagnosed 14 years ago while carrying my third child. It's been an incredibly difficult journey, I'm now unable to work...reactions1comment
I am not American but Australian with RAI am nearly 63 and have had RA since I was 16 although it was not diagnosed until about 14yrs ago. I...reactions1comment
A Fight for AwarenessYesterday, sitting in class, I got faced with the comment, "Arthritis, you have arthritis? I thought that was only for old people!"...reactions5comments
So Down now, yesterday, probably tomorrow tooI have been diagnosed with RA, just a year now, and feel totally lost and fed up. I am lost, where is...reactions6comments
Oh, is there a way?Eight weeks ago the Doc told me I have RA. I'm 48 yrs old with 6 children only one of them is...reactions7comments
never known anything differentMy life has always been based around my RA I have never really known what it was like to not go a...reactions2comments
The Challenges of RA when you're an only ChildI'm a 58 year old woman, who has had RA for over 30 years. I'm now really seeing more difficulties. I hate...reactions1comment
Life with RAFrom the age of 34 I've been living with RA... I'm now 41 and I can honestly say life has been very...reactions3comments
RA has effectively destroyed my lifeMy RA story begins a little over two years ago I would say probably around January 2013 when following a training session at...reactions3comments
The Day I Couldn't Make My Daughter a SaladIt was early Monday morning, and the request was simple. "Mom, instead of a sandwich today, can you make me a salad?"...reactions10comments
yes, yes, I have RA, give me the medicine to make it go away!That was exactly what I was thinking when the ER Dr. Said I think she has RA. It started before this though...reactionscomments
Reality Check PleaseI have come to realize over the 18+ year of "friendship" with RA that from time to time I need to take...reactionscomments
So many answers!About 5 years ago, I started to feel "poorly" and just shrugged it off to getting old (I'm 59) and stress of...reactions2comments
Twenty-Four Years Old With RA!I gave birth to a beautiful little girl on August 2014. Unfortunately after labor my left hand started hurting, my middle finger...reactions1comment
Sixteen and....battling RA?The hardest part of being diagnosed with RA as a young adolescent was that no one believed it was true. Even my...reactions6comments
"You're too young for that"Hi I am 21 years young I was diagnosed with JRA when I was 9 it started when I noticed it hurt...reactions1comment
JRA since '88Do you know how some people complain about how they may be too short, or maybe they wish they were stronger, I...reactions1comment
