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RA-Has Rheumatoid Arthritis Made You Forget What Normal Feels Like

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Normality, when something happens that shakes up your.  You look forward to returning to normality, meaning the usual happenings of everyday life.  Our state of being being, something that is just as expected.  But this is not to be when you’re living with Rheumatoid Arthritis.  It has made us forget what is expected and to be prepared for the unexpected, a life now filled with uncertainty and a whole new normal. Continue reading “RA-Has Rheumatoid Arthritis Made You Forget What Normal Feels Like” →

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Rheumatoid Arthritis-How Has This Disease Affected Our Lives and Tormented Us

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Have I become my disease!  Have I let what it has done to me affect the people and things in my life that are important to me the way it has affected me!  That is tough because having Rheumatoid Arthritis is bound to change who you are and how you are. It changes how you cope, think and respond to everything in your life, making you a symptom of a life that is filled with symptoms from a disease that is known as Rheumatoid Arthritis.  A disease that has not been accepted for the damaging disease that it is.  One that has us dealing with a myriad of affects that affect every aspect of our lives. Continue reading “Rheumatoid Arthritis-How Has This Disease Affected Our Lives and Tormented Us” →

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RA-Finding Our Voice Through Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Have you sat down weary or maybe stood in the mirror, looked at yourself and wondered “Why did I get this disease”.  Yes I’m sure we’ve all at some point wondered that but in reality we know it was the Will of God.  Not for punishment but because this is just a part of life and we just happened to be the ones to get Rheumatoid Arthritis. Continue reading “RA-Finding Our Voice Through Rheumatoid Arthritis” →

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RA-Can We Be Bring Some Honesty To This Disease

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If you have heard about Rheumatoid Arthritis or know someone with it, do you really know what it is or understand what it does to the body and mind.  Do you get that it is a disease and not an ailment.  Well let us be Honest with you about this disease known as Rheumatoid Arthritis.  A lesson for us all. Continue reading “RA-Can We Be Bring Some Honesty To This Disease” →

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RA-Is Rheumatoid Arthritis Making Me A Burden To You

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I am sick with a chronic disease known as Rheumatoid Arthritis and I must say it should be known as Rheumatoid Disease.  It is a life altering, life long disease which means I will always be sick.  I will always have difficult days which can vary from day to day.  This is what my life is like with RA, so I ask “Am I A Burden To You or Am I Becoming One”. Continue reading “RA-Is Rheumatoid Arthritis Making Me A Burden To You” →

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Rheumatoid Arthritis-What Do You See

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When you look in the mirror at yourself, what do you think.  Are you thinking Rheumatoid Arthritis has really changed the way that I look.  Are you seeing a different person staring back at you?  Do you notice your hair has gotten thinner or maybe your skin seems dry or maybe your face is puffier than before or even your teeth are being battered since you’ve been on medication to fight this disease.  Do you just stare at yourself with a sense of sadness and loss because gone is that familiar face that once looked back at you before RA came into your life and took away that old you. Yes we all are missing a part of us that we wish we could have back.  That old familiarity.   Continue reading “Rheumatoid Arthritis-What Do You See” →

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RA-Not An Ordinary Disease

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My body is wracked with constant pain
I don’t know how I’m able to sustain
I’m tired, weak and dealing with fierce fatigue
This disease really has my body under siege. Continue reading “RA-Not An Ordinary Disease” →

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RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis A Disease Simply Not Understood By So Many – Why

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There is an ongoing battle for understanding about Rheumatoid Arthritis and what it really is and what it mean to those of us that have it.  By definition it is described as an auto immune disease that causes pain, stiffness, swelling and loss of function to joints. Um, but those symptoms sound like regular arthritis or osteoarthritis.  Well the key difference here is “auto immune disease”. Continue reading “RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis A Disease Simply Not Understood By So Many – Why” →

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RA-Look At The Face of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Look At My Face

Look at my face
Can you see my heart race
As the tears began to flow
For the many things you just don’t know.

Look at my face
Do you see the pain there
Stand by me, take your place
Show me you’re with me and you care.

Look at my face 
Does it show I’m so tired and worn
That I’m really sorry, I know you may need your space
That’s why I am so bitterly torn.

Look at my face
I have a disease I truly hate
One that is always up for constant debate
One that is my destiny, my life, my fate.

Look at face
I’m searching for a kind word
And a little understanding and truth that needs to be heard
If this were so, our reality wouldn’t be so blurred.

Look at my face
Can you see the uncertainty in my life
Though I’m trying day after day to handle this strife.
No matter what I do, I can’t get away from this hateful space.

Look at face
You see I just cannot give in
To this hard and bitter race
Because, as hard as it gets, I can’t let Rheumatoid Arthritis win!

Be Blessed.

 

 

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