Comments on: 6 Months Later… http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:09:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Mallen http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/#comment-1689 Mallen Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:27:52 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=7871#comment-1689 I LOVE your blog RAGuy!! You have helped many people connect with others, find more information, and realize that someone understands what we are feeling. Thank you for reaching out to us and I hope that you will continue for a long time. Congratulations on six months of blogging!! Mallen I LOVE your blog RAGuy!! You have helped many people connect with others, find more information, and realize that someone understands what we are feeling. Thank you for reaching out to us and I hope that you will continue for a long time.

Congratulations on six months of blogging!!

Mallen

]]> By: Wren http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/#comment-1688 Wren Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:50:13 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=7871#comment-1688 Yours is an excellent RA blog, Guy. You've found so much helpful -- and yes, FUN -- information and made it all so easy to access. And your posts are invariably kind, thought-provoking, humorous and honest. Let me return the favor just a little: I've been taking Arava for 13 months now. For the first 10 months I lost a lot of hair, too (a rather upsetting phenomenon for a woman!). But then it stopped, and now my hair seems to be thickening up again and becoming less brittle. Here's hoping the same happens for you. Keep up the great blogging. You're absolutely an inspiration to those of us who also fight RA and other autoimmune diseases. Thank you! Yours is an excellent RA blog, Guy. You’ve found so much helpful — and yes, FUN — information and made it all so easy to access. And your posts are invariably kind, thought-provoking, humorous and honest.

Let me return the favor just a little: I’ve been taking Arava for 13 months now. For the first 10 months I lost a lot of hair, too (a rather upsetting phenomenon for a woman!). But then it stopped, and now my hair seems to be thickening up again and becoming less brittle. Here’s hoping the same happens for you.

Keep up the great blogging. You’re absolutely an inspiration to those of us who also fight RA and other autoimmune diseases. Thank you!

]]> By: Lana http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/#comment-1687 Lana Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:06:31 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=7871#comment-1687 It has been amazing ride, hasn't it? Your blog is inspirational. I didn't blog much about my RA in the beginning, and I only started blogging about my RA after I started following your blog. Thanks for pushing towards awareness. It is the single most important thing that we can do change the criteria for diagnosis, research better treatment,and hopefully, lead to a cure. What I learned in my journey, it takes a lot of work to live in chronic pain. I do it everyday, being a mother, working fulltime, working on my masters, etc. A superhero can only do it. Note to self: Stay away from Arava. It has been amazing ride, hasn’t it? Your blog is inspirational. I didn’t blog much about my RA in the beginning, and I only started blogging about my RA after I started following your blog. Thanks for pushing towards awareness. It is the single most important thing that we can do change the criteria for diagnosis, research better treatment,and hopefully, lead to a cure. What I learned in my journey, it takes a lot of work to live in chronic pain. I do it everyday, being a mother, working fulltime, working on my masters, etc. A superhero can only do it.

Note to self: Stay away from Arava.

]]> By: Hazel http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/#comment-1686 Hazel Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:47:45 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=7871#comment-1686 you've done an amazing job in just 6 months. I love your blog. Keep up the good work! you’ve done an amazing job in just 6 months. I love your blog. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/10/6-months-later/#comment-1685 Leslie Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:34:54 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=7871#comment-1685 hey lifting a brush is very important! plus...bald guys are sexy! bald women...not so much....but we do have some great wigs to choose from ;) I haven't experienced hair loss with methotrexate....hopefully that wont happen. I've read on your blog in the past about your problems with gluten. Have you read how they are doing studies to show the connection between the immune response from gluten and RA? I have been gluten free for a week and I feel much better....still not great but its a start. There is a lot of interesting info online about it... hey lifting a brush is very important! plus…bald guys are sexy! bald women…not so much….but we do have some great wigs to choose from ;) I haven’t experienced hair loss with methotrexate….hopefully that wont happen.

I’ve read on your blog in the past about your problems with gluten. Have you read how they are doing studies to show the connection between the immune response from gluten and RA? I have been gluten free for a week and I feel much better….still not great but its a start. There is a lot of interesting info online about it…

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