Re: Just given the news this morning

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Welcome to the group Sue! You will find very

supportive, caring people here to help answer

questions. You will also find significant medical

research as well. You can also go to

www.arthritis.org which is the Arthritis Foundation.

You can request a free information kit on RA.

--- rfamhere <sue@...> wrote:

> My doctor's office called me this morning to tell me

> that I tested

> positive for RA and I'm also Type II diabetic. It's

> all overwhelming

> for me. The diabetes I'm familiar with - I was

> gestational diabetic

> with all of my pregnancies and my mom is Type II

> diabetic (as was her

> father). The RA, however, is new territory for me.

> I'm trying not to

> read too much online, but I also need information.

> I meet with my PCP

> doctor next week and he'll be referring me to a

> specialist for the RA.

> I really don't need another email list to keep me

> online, but I

> thought I'd try this one for a little while. Thanks

> for having me!

>

> -Sue.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

As you will see on lists, there are many of us here who seem to be past our

disease quota! In my case, my family has reached the limit. I have RA,

Sjogren's, and Raynaud's...my husband has GERD/LPR, allergies, and MS....my son

has Type 1 diabetes, prolonged postviral gastroparesis, and an arachnoid cyst in

the back part of his brain. We just end up shaking our head and playing that we

will always have employer insurance!

I was the first in the family to have a chronic illness, RA. I was OBSESSED

with reading every little thing and it just about destroyed me. When my husband

developed MS I was a little less obsessive, and by the time my son became a

diabetic I just didn't look and did whatever the doctors said. But you have

been punched with two major illnesses and can imagine it is overwhelming.

Having familiar experience with both, I don't know which one is easier to

control. However, I have learned that finding the right doctor can mean

everything. Hopefully your PCP will refer you to a wonderfully rheumy!

Shandi

rfamhere <sue@...> wrote:

My doctor's office called me this morning to tell me that I tested

positive for RA and I'm also Type II diabetic. It's all overwhelming

for me. The diabetes I'm familiar with - I was gestational diabetic

with all of my pregnancies and my mom is Type II diabetic (as was her

father). The RA, however, is new territory for me. I'm trying not to

read too much online, but I also need information. I meet with my PCP

doctor next week and he'll be referring me to a specialist for the RA.

I really don't need another email list to keep me online, but I

thought I'd try this one for a little while. Thanks for having me!

-Sue.

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[Guest guest]

--- In , " S. Pruitt " <seriouslysanibel@...>

wrote:

>

> I was the first in the family to have a chronic illness, RA. I

was OBSESSED with reading every little thing and it just about

destroyed me. When my husband developed MS I was a little less

obsessive, and by the time my son became a diabetic I just didn't look

and did whatever the doctors said.

-------

See I'm not one that just does what a doctor says. I need to know why

and if there are other options that might be easier on my body. I

think there can be a fine line though between being informed and being

obsessed. I'm trying to find the right side of that line.

-Sue.

[Guest guest]

I guess i should rephrase...I do research, but I just read one or two items and

be done with it. When I was first diagnosed with RA I was up all night

searching the internet for information, I was in my boss's office looking

through the PDR...it was just BAD. Maybe not a matter of doing what they say,

but a quiet acceptance of the hand we are dealt with.

One thing I have been is more aggressive about telling doctors my limits. One

thing I have learned through these trials is that I am somewhat bright and know

what I can handle.

Shandi

rfamhere <sue@...> wrote:

--- In , " S. Pruitt " <seriouslysanibel@...>

wrote:

>

> I was the first in the family to have a chronic illness, RA. I

was OBSESSED with reading every little thing and it just about

destroyed me. When my husband developed MS I was a little less

obsessive, and by the time my son became a diabetic I just didn't look

and did whatever the doctors said.

-------

See I'm not one that just does what a doctor says. I need to know why

and if there are other options that might be easier on my body. I

think there can be a fine line though between being informed and being

obsessed. I'm trying to find the right side of that line.

-Sue.

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[Guest guest]

WELCOME SUE, my name is melyndagamez.im 38yrs.young & have severe ra. HOPE this

group HELPS you!! god bless, melynda gamez

Re: [ ] Just given the news this morning

As you will see on lists, there are many of us here who seem to be past our

disease quota! In my case, my family has reached the limit. I have RA,

Sjogren's, and Raynaud's...my husband has GERD/LPR, allergies, and MS....my son

has Type 1 diabetes, prolonged postviral gastroparesis, and an arachnoid cyst in

the back part of his brain. We just end up shaking our head and playing that we

will always have employer insurance!

I was the first in the family to have a chronic illness, RA. I was OBSESSED

with reading every little thing and it just about destroyed me. When my husband

developed MS I was a little less obsessive, and by the time my son became a

diabetic I just didn't look and did whatever the doctors said. But you have

been punched with two major illnesses and can imagine it is overwhelming.

Having familiar experience with both, I don't know which one is easier to

control. However, I have learned that finding the right doctor can mean

everything. Hopefully your PCP will refer you to a wonderfully rheumy!

Shandi

rfamhere <sue@...> wrote:

My doctor's office called me this morning to tell me that I tested

positive for RA and I'm also Type II diabetic. It's all overwhelming

for me. The diabetes I'm familiar with - I was gestational diabetic

with all of my pregnancies and my mom is Type II diabetic (as was her

father). The RA, however, is new territory for me. I'm trying not to

read too much online, but I also need information. I meet with my PCP

doctor next week and he'll be referring me to a specialist for the RA.

I really don't need another email list to keep me online, but I

thought I'd try this one for a little while. Thanks for having me!

-Sue.

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