Letters From The Beach: A Week In The Life Of An Arthritis Patient

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Letters From The Beach: A Week In The Life Of An Arthritis Patient

One of the surprises I’ve experienced living with autoimmune arthritis has been how dismissive people can be. It’s just a little arthritis, people say. Well, here’s some tangible evidence of how a little arthritis changes a life.

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2 comments

Stephanie says:

June 13, 2010 at 12:13 pm

This is an excellent article. Thanks for posting it.
Donna says:

June 13, 2010 at 12:14 pm

fantastic wake up.. never thought to lay em out there…

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