A thank-you note for your support & a little bit of fear !

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My new dear friends,

I am so happy I have received so many replies & so soon !!!! I

already feel better & more optimistic for my future with RA. Since

most of you have had it for many years, I can't stop thinking of

asking you some questions that have on my mind. For example, will my

9 year-old daughter inherit it? Will I be able to have another child?

I am a secretary , so is there a possibility for the disease to

affect my work? Will the use of PC make worse my hands & wrists?

Recently, I wasnot able to wash my own hair (due to tremendous pain

in my wrists & hands), so is there a possibility for the disease to

make me to depend on others for ever? I have so many questions my

friends, but most of all I would like to share something with you: my

fear for what's happening to me! (I feel my muscles & tendons

burning -other than the pain-. I feel I cannot run with my daughter

at the tennis court anymore. I feel ( & hear) the cracking at my

joints. I wake up at the middle of the night with severe pain &

burning and....I fear !

Thank-you all for listening to me once more.

My best regards from Greece and hope God is with you my friends at

every step you make !

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