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I had 2 major and 1 minor surgery 1 and 1/2 mos prior to having an

explosive onset of RA. ( one of the surgerie's was gastric bypass so

I was in the process of losing alot of weight during the time.. along

with some major life stressors, mother passed away and son was in

Iraq)

I think stress both physical and mental has alot to do with

developing autoimmune problems.

>

> About 3 years ago (before I came down with RA) I got a really bad

staff

> infection in my arm from a cut I received at work. I went to the

nurse

> and she supposedly cleaned the wound, etc. I spent almost 7 days in

the

> hospital with my left arm swollen to almost twice it's normal size.

It

> was red and had a raging fever. The doctors were somewhat at a loss

as

> to why the anti-bacterial IV's weren't working. Finally they put me

on

> the strongest med they had at that time. It finally started

working. It

> seems that shortly after this infection I came down with RA. I have

> heard that sometimes some illness may just activate the RA, lupus,

etc.

> Has anyone had this experience? I have heard this about MS also. My

> young neighbor had a baby and about two months after having her

baby

> she was diagnosed with MS. It was sad, she couldn't even hold her

own

> baby.

>

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Carol, I developed Polymyalgia Rheumatica not long after a major auto

accident. Both my PCP and my Rheumy are convinced that it was the trigger.

How difficult for your neighbor! I thought it was bad when I couldn't hold

my newborn grandchildren, or get down on the floor to play with them when

they were a little older, but I can't imagine not being able to hold and

care for your own baby. Now that my girls are older, I'm doing better and,

at 19 months, they've found ways to cope! Beside the usual crawling up in

my lap for a story, they discovered that they can " help " me walk by moving

my cane for me! It's so sweet.

On 8/7/06, Carol <Poochins@...> wrote:

>

> About 3 years ago (before I came down with RA) I got a really bad staff

> infection in my arm from a cut I received at work. I went to the nurse

> and she supposedly cleaned the wound, etc. I spent almost 7 days in the

> hospital with my left arm swollen to almost twice it's normal size. It

> was red and had a raging fever. The doctors were somewhat at a loss as

> to why the anti-bacterial IV's weren't working. Finally they put me on

> the strongest med they had at that time. It finally started working. It

> seems that shortly after this infection I came down with RA. I have

> heard that sometimes some illness may just activate the RA, lupus, etc.

> Has anyone had this experience? I have heard this about MS also. My

> young neighbor had a baby and about two months after having her baby

> she was diagnosed with MS. It was sad, she couldn't even hold her own

> baby.

>

>

>

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I was diagnosed with RA about 2 1/2 years after I had my son. When I

first got sick, I had really bad strep throat that wouldn't clear

with the normal antibiotics. I was on major antibiotics for awhile

to clear up the strep. At first they told me all the joint pain,

swelling and etc was a viral arthritis that was very typical for

someone my age to get after having a child. After I was weaned off

all the medication ( and the strep had cleared) was when I had

another " flare-up " and I was finally diagnosed with RA. I had heart

surgery as a child and was sick a lot so I don't know if that had

anything to do with me getting it at a younger age or not... My mom

thinks that I may have always had RA just possibly wasn't chronic

since I had symptoms of it my whole life...

>

> About 3 years ago (before I came down with RA) I got a really bad

staff

> infection in my arm from a cut I received at work. I went to the

nurse

> and she supposedly cleaned the wound, etc. I spent almost 7 days

in the

> hospital with my left arm swollen to almost twice it's normal

size. It

> was red and had a raging fever. The doctors were somewhat at a

loss as

> to why the anti-bacterial IV's weren't working. Finally they put

me on

> the strongest med they had at that time. It finally started

working. It

> seems that shortly after this infection I came down with RA. I

have

> heard that sometimes some illness may just activate the RA, lupus,

etc.

> Has anyone had this experience? I have heard this about MS also.

My

> young neighbor had a baby and about two months after having her

baby

> she was diagnosed with MS. It was sad, she couldn't even hold her

own

> baby.

>

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Hello, ladies. Forgive me for jumping into the middle of your conversation, but

I would like to add that my onset of RA/Fibro also seemed to come at a stressful

time of my life. My husband and I were having problems and we were separated

for a time. Shortly after getting back together, we had our first home built

and moved to a whole new way of life. Point is, I had some great and dramatic

changes in my life over the course of about one year or less. The weekend that

we moved, it hit me really hard. That's when I started noticing the pain. The

fatigue that I had been complaining about for the past couple of years (doc

thought I was depressed, etc.) suddenly became 10 times worse. We moved the end

of October and by early January, I was in the hospital with fatigue so bad, I

thought I was having a heart attack. My breathing was severly labored, I had

chest pains, etc. It took them another six months of tests to figure out what

the problem was.

I do believe that physical and emotional stress can affect or even cause

onset.

Thanks for listening. Hope you both have a pain free day.

(Alvin, Texas)

Overell <patricia.overell@...> wrote:

Carol, I developed Polymyalgia Rheumatica not long after a major auto

accident. Both my PCP and my Rheumy are convinced that it was the trigger.

How difficult for your neighbor! I thought it was bad when I couldn't hold

my newborn grandchildren, or get down on the floor to play with them when

they were a little older, but I can't imagine not being able to hold and

care for your own baby. Now that my girls are older, I'm doing better and,

at 19 months, they've found ways to cope! Beside the usual crawling up in

my lap for a story, they discovered that they can " help " me walk by moving

my cane for me! It's so sweet.

On 8/7/06, Carol <Poochins@...> wrote:

>

> About 3 years ago (before I came down with RA) I got a really bad staff

> infection in my arm from a cut I received at work. I went to the nurse

> and she supposedly cleaned the wound, etc. I spent almost 7 days in the

> hospital with my left arm swollen to almost twice it's normal size. It

> was red and had a raging fever. The doctors were somewhat at a loss as

> to why the anti-bacterial IV's weren't working. Finally they put me on

> the strongest med they had at that time. It finally started working. It

> seems that shortly after this infection I came down with RA. I have

> heard that sometimes some illness may just activate the RA, lupus, etc.

> Has anyone had this experience? I have heard this about MS also. My

> young neighbor had a baby and about two months after having her baby

> she was diagnosed with MS. It was sad, she couldn't even hold her own

> baby.

>

>

>

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