Comments on: Maira De La O http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/11/maira-de-la-o/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 By: Maira De La O http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/11/maira-de-la-o/#comment-7676 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:05:39 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/11/maira-de-la-o/#comment-7676 You know Andrea it took my parents about 2yrs to realize that my condition was serious and painful. What your family is doing and saying to you is exactly what my parents use to say to me. And life gets better I promise. I have learned that sometimes its pointless explaining to people the kind of pain you live in because no matter what they will never understand unless they have experienced it them selves.

Take care and remember you have RA but don’t let it define YOU :)

]]> By: Andrea Anderberg http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/11/maira-de-la-o/#comment-7556 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:32:18 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2012/11/maira-de-la-o/#comment-7556 Thank you so much for your story. I was diagnosed about a year ago with RA. I too am struggling with depression and have had thoughts of ending it all. My 16 year old daughter is what keeps me going. My family is not so supportive and tells me that there are others who are worse off than I am and to get over it. When I try to talk to them about it they roll their eyes, or change the subject,or just get up and walk away. My husband does not seem to understand either, though I think he tries to, and it upsets him to talk about it.

Thank you for showing me that I am not alone and that I am not going crazy.

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