Re: Does geographical location matter with RA?

[Guest guest]

My Rheumy and I kept a log documenting each day, temp, humidity,

baro-pressure, my locations around the world, mountaintop or ravine, and

there was no real correlation with any of it. This is my result, yours may

vary. It would be nice, though, to find something concrete. Maybe you'll

have better luck.

Dennis in eastexas

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:51 PM, narrow_gate_ranch <

ahearttowardhome@...> wrote:

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> With having RA have you all found that certain locations help with your

> pain and flare ups. (Ie. low altitude, dry weather, low humidity, etc.)

> Do any of your Rheumatologist suggest change in " climate " to help you? Or

> is that something that doesn't seem to affect, or help, it?

> Thank you for reading.

> Melody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Melody:

Yes, my DR. kept saying I would feel so much better if I moved to

Florida. I lived in N.E. on Cape Cod. I was in very bad shape before I

moved here to S.W. Florida.

It was the best thing I did for myself and the RA. I am doing good, and

not in a wheel chair, which I was almost in on the Cape.

My RA is doing wonderful here. It was hard to leave my family and

friends, but I owed it to myself to try and get better and have a life.

So for me, it has been wonderful.

Hugs,

Barbara

>

> With having RA have you all found that certain locations help with

your pain and flare ups. (Ie. low altitude, dry weather, low humidity,

etc.)

> Do any of your Rheumatologist suggest change in " climate " to help you?

Or is that something that doesn't seem to affect, or help, it?

> Thank you for reading.

> Melody

>

[Guest guest]

Funny you should ask! I just got back from a trip north Nevada two days ago

conducting my " scientific " experiment to answer the same question. It all

started last month in Seattle, Washington when we had a hot dry spell. I

included heat, barometric pressure and humidity in all the locations and I have

to say, the results were surprising. Of course, it is less than truly objective

because I'm the only on inside my unhealthy RA ridden body..

Stan,

Seattle, Sun!

Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:51:24 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

Subject: [ ] Does geographical location matter with RA?

With having RA have you all found that certain locations help with your pain and

flare ups.  (Ie. low altitude, dry weather, low humidity, etc.)

Do any of your Rheumatologist suggest change in " climate " to help you?  Or is

that something that doesn't seem to affect, or help, it?

Thank you for reading.

Melody