A bit about me!

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Hiya friends,I just thought i would say a bit about me.I have had RA

for near on 21 yrs.At first it wasn't diagnosed and i was treated

for lots of other illness's.Until one day i woke up in agony,and

could'nt get out of bed by myself.Then soon after i was diagnosed

with RA.I was devastated, absolutely! i could'nt deal with it no way!

So for 3 years i decided to go into myself rebuke my family and

friends,they didn't understand,they thought i was losing my mind and

i thought i was to.I was rude i was nasty it was all about me! poor

me! i resigned my job,i was an auxillary nurse,and locked myself

away in the house and that was it,i drove my doctors surgery

bonkers,i was ringing everyday for something.I was a nightmare!

Until one day my sister came to visit me so i thought.She came in

opened the curtains and said to me well is this it then,so you have

RA and you have given up on life!i didn't answer her i just stuck my

head under the blankets,and she left me to wollow in my own self

pity.Of course i was fuming how dare she talk to me like that!Then

later on the same day, it was as if someone had unlocked my mind and

set me free of this horrid person i had become.From that day i

worked on my pain,and wellbeing,i thought ok this is it, so i have

to confront this disease and understand it before i can start to

live with it,and so i turned it around it wasn't easy but well worth

the fight.Today i am like most people with RA i live within the day

i am in,i try not too plan too far ahead,but its important that i

have something to look forward too,something to aim for.My family

and friends are my strength,they have all read and learned about

RA,and understand if i am not feeling too good today,tomorrow is

another day!If you are struggling with this life changing disease

stick in there and it will get to be manageable for you.The longer

the body has pain the more use to it it gets use to it,and as time

has gone on and so many other health probs have developed,i just do

the best i can.Hugs