Re: Kathleen Raises Her Voice About Rheumatoid Arthritis

[Guest guest]

hi there...

this headline reminds me of a few months ago when kathleen turner was being

interviewed on cnn by paula bomb...heheh paula zahn...and kathleen was there

for national arthritis month...and paula says to kathleen...so you put on

some weight and that's how you knew you had RA..well my cheerios flew across

the room...and then in a way i realized there is no national poster that i

am aware for RA....i knew nothing about all the forms of arthritis til

thrust amidst it....and paula was as uniformed as i had been....so humbly

gathered my cheerios...and just felt kinda sad about it all....

however kathleen turner proceeded to straighten her out and bring awareness

to ra...but she mentioned the fatigue being so brutal...and of course unless

you are in the fatigue you cant grasp the concept of " " " ..well i am

fatigued... " " " "

anyhow just a share....

hugs

sam..

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[Guest guest]

Kathe,

I must agree with you. No one knows how it feels to walk in our shoes. My

Dad suffered all of his adult life with severe RA and not knowing much and

him not complaining much, left us with no understanding of what he was truly

going thru. It is only now that I truly appreciate how well he hid this

disease and the ugliness from us. He is gone now, but he becomes my hero

more and more each day. How I wish we knew more back then!

Gentle, tender, angel hugs,

Debs in FL

[Guest guest]

hi its me teresa again.....ya know i have been diagnosed for almost 3 years

now and i keep hearing about other things other than joint pain...i guess i

need to do a little more searching. i am un-educated with the disease other

than i hurt a lot in joints. i so far have not been happy with my dr.s. they

make me feel as though i complain about stupid things and make mountains out

of mole hills. of course with my husband being active duty army i am limmited

to certain docs. i thought i would get excelent care since i went to D.C. to

walter reed hosp. the best in the army. i feel let down......thanks for

leting me vent........love teresa

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam:

Yes, I heard a while ago that Kathleen had been

diagnosed with RA and was going right to Embrel -

hadn't heard anything since. Glad to know that she is

trying to bring up some awareness of the disease -

it's about time. Like you, I had no idea what RA was

really all about. My grandmother had it most of her

life and was crippled by it, but I always assumed it

was " just joint " problems. We never really asked here

anything about it - knew she was treated with gold

shots and other meds but that was about it. Now I can

empathize more with what she must have had to go

through with all the other problems that come with RA

and it was harder for her with the lack of treatment

options. Unbelievable how many different forms of

arthritis there are and how little anybody really

knows about it unless they or someone they know have

it - and even then you can't really understand unless

you have it yourself.

Kathe in CA

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