hello all!

[Guest guest]

whats up everyone and thank you for this family i see we have here. I guess

i should intorduce myself and probibly a bit of a story to follow.

My name is Medaglia (the G is silent if that helps anyone pernouce it

) Im from Canada! sault ste. marie Ontario to be more specific. Im 22

years old and i work as a Blueprint Administrator for Tenaris Algoma Tubes,

desk job. SD hit me i guess it would have to be about 12 years ago. It

mostly started with the high spiking fevers which at one point were hitting

me 6 times a day for a year straight. i missed my whole 7th grade, but they

let me pass and i went on with my life. the fevers would come and go and

soon it was such a part of my life i could almost in a way ignore them.

since i was diagnosed my doctors told me i had juvinile arthritis. the thing

is i decided to ignore the pain as well as the fevers so i kept going (young

and invincible!) i joined a boxing club in my hometown which was fun! and i

was damn good at it too! by that time the pain was getting worse and i knew

i shouldnt be there but i wasnt about to stop. i had my first real fight

comming up and i couldnt stop than so i kept trannin harder and harder. The

fight came....and i won! 2nd round K.O. by ME...the funny part is when i won

i yelled out " You got beat by a guy with Stills!!! " everyone just looked

confused but whatever. anyway after that fight i left and never came back.

the arthritis is too much now, cant ignore it anymore. by nine oclock at

night i simply cant walk anymore. The doctors used to have me on Vioxx but

that got taken off the market so all i was left with was Prednisone. i was

taking it untill i read about the side affects on the Stills website. i

refuse to take it anymore, im young and i dont need anymore complications.

soon i am going to see a specialist in Sudbury (a town 3 hours from here)

and right now i would like to thank you all because just from the few emails

ive read i feel so much more prepared than i every was before this. i know

now what to ask and what to expect.

anyway ive gone rambling again. sorry if that was a bit long. SD has been a

part of me for well over half my life so i have so many stories i couldnt

possibly fit them in one email.

you all seem like great people and i am very excited to join this group and

have someone to talk to finally (not even the local doctors knew about SD)

Medaglia.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group. I am sorry to hear that Still's has affected you most of

your life. This group is a good support system so ask whatever questions you

have. I hope you can one day KO Still's like you did your opponent...

Danni

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