Deborah you are a blessing!!

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You have helped me so much with my self-esteem both in this group and

in your email to me. Thank you a thousand times. I used to feel so

bad complaining to my friends and my late husband about my

" mysterious " aches and pains. I would say, " honey, I just don't feel

up to going out today . . . " or " I feel like I have flu " he was very

kind by the way, and always understood. But he did not know that I

had RA - I did not know I had RA, it was not diagnosed until after his

death four months ago.

Thank you for making me understand that I have to listen to my own

body and take things at my own pace. This is a hard lesson for me,

but it is one I am determined to learn. I think I have always been in

need of putting myself first - now I have no choice.

You are a wonderful soul - as are all of us here -

Blessings to you,

It is really not very well understood by those who

haven't

> > > experienced

> > > it, is it.

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> > > Ardeith writes: I watched my mother struggle with RA from the time

> > I was

> > > about ten years old. She was one of those people who wasn't going

> > to admit

> > > she could not do something, and she did her joints a lot of

> > damage......back

> > > in the 50's and 60's when the medications were much less helpful.

> > She wept

> > > when I was diagnosed in '72. Then sat me down and told me what

she had

> > > learned the hard way..... which was a big help to me as I didn't

have to

> > > repeat her mistakes.....

> > > Ardy

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