Comments on: 60-Second Guide to Rheumatoid Arthritis http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nicole http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/60-second-guide-to-ra/#comment-6166 Nicole Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:13:57 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?page_id=1671#comment-6166 I am in my 30's and was diagnosed with RA in my 20's. This explanation is very good, but I would just like to add that it is not just joints and occasionally organs that become inflamed. This disease attacks our whole body. I have have never had any major hand issues, but I have had muscles and cartilige in my rib cage and my throat inflame as well as tendons (a tendon in my ankle actually tore from inflammation) and my eyes (I lost partial vision once during a flare - thankfully, it came back), and I have scarring in my lungs. People need to know ALL of the serious effects of this disease and how we with RA statistically have our lives shortened by it. Thanks. I am in my 30′s and was diagnosed with RA in my 20′s. This explanation is very good, but I would just like to add that it is not just joints and occasionally organs that become inflamed. This disease attacks our whole body. I have have never had any major hand issues, but I have had muscles and cartilige in my rib cage and my throat inflame as well as tendons (a tendon in my ankle actually tore from inflammation) and my eyes (I lost partial vision once during a flare – thankfully, it came back), and I have scarring in my lungs. People need to know ALL of the serious effects of this disease and how we with RA statistically have our lives shortened by it. Thanks.

]]> By: Jerry LaBathe http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/60-second-guide-to-ra/#comment-5661 Jerry LaBathe Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:17:26 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?page_id=1671#comment-5661 Thank you RA Guy! You help me and lots of others with your posts! Thank you RA Guy! You help me and lots of others with your posts!

]]> By: Mimi http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/60-second-guide-to-ra/#comment-5401 Mimi Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:13:38 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?page_id=1671#comment-5401 Thank you for this site.. Thank you for this site..

]]> By: Diana http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/60-second-guide-to-ra/#comment-5193 Diana Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:56:23 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?page_id=1671#comment-5193 GREAT list! So true, so true! However, I would like to comment on one issue... "Many people confuse RA with osteoarthritis, another form of arthritis which is typically associated with age." I beg to differ on this one. I know at least a dozen folks personally, and several others via the same doctor, including myself AND my husband, who are affected by osteoarthritis and none of us are "old" or "aged." (What constitutes the exact age of being "old" anyway??) I realize you didn't actually use the word "old" in this sentence (and you did say "typically", yes), but just as the same irritates you when people refer to you as being too young to have RA, it irritates us in the same way when people say we're too young to have ANY form of arthritis, let alone that it's osteoarthritis. Okay, 'nough said. Thanks for letting me speak... I'll get down off the stump now. :) I am grateful for your website. So much great information here for all of us who suffer these diseases! Thank you! GREAT list! So true, so true! However, I would like to comment on one issue…

“Many people confuse RA with osteoarthritis, another form of arthritis which is typically associated with age.”

I beg to differ on this one. I know at least a dozen folks personally, and several others via the same doctor, including myself AND my husband, who are affected by osteoarthritis and none of us are “old” or “aged.” (What constitutes the exact age of being “old” anyway??) I realize you didn’t actually use the word “old” in this sentence (and you did say “typically”, yes), but just as the same irritates you when people refer to you as being too young to have RA, it irritates us in the same way when people say we’re too young to have ANY form of arthritis, let alone that it’s osteoarthritis.

Okay, ‘nough said. Thanks for letting me speak… I’ll get down off the stump now. :)

I am grateful for your website. So much great information here for all of us who suffer these diseases! Thank you!

]]> By: Natasje http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/60-second-guide-to-ra/#comment-5178 Natasje Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:54:16 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?page_id=1671#comment-5178 Great going! I think you should go into overtime and add the neurological symptoms: confusion, memory loss, brain fog... dizziness and falling over at the ripe age of 34. It's scary. You rock! Great going! I think you should go into overtime and add the neurological symptoms: confusion, memory loss, brain fog… dizziness and falling over at the ripe age of 34. It’s scary. You rock!

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