Rheumatoid Arthritis

[livingwith]

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!
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[muffinsRyum]

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 lucky that you could take embril.I hope your surgury works out.I am also a diabetic w/ alot other health issues,so I cant take anything but methotrexate.Hope you read this with little or no pain...I understand..

[Sherrym]

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 group especially do not understand. They dont understand when I have bad days, not just physically but mentally as well. To them, arthritist is just something that strikes older people and it is not a big deal. I have to admit before I was diagnosed, I didnt undertsand what RA was. I had no idea. Now that I am dealing with it, I have a lot more respect for it and for individuals that have to deal with it as well! I have been on numerous of medications, on and off of prednisone (I have recently had to go back on) I am currently trying to get the arthritist under control so that I can have my right knee replaced. This week I will be starting Orencia to see if that can help.
I hope all is going well for you, I realize you posted a couple of weeks ago. I just found this web site and wanted to post also.