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I'm a woman and the husband of my pastor used to shake my hand so firmly that I thought he might break it. Now i just give him a quick hug. I guess that might be MORE embarrassing for a guy, though.
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 Hope you get that patented soon.
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I really hate that I can no longer wear my wedding rings on my finger where they belong. and wearing another necklace doesn't work too well with it.
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Hi Everyone,
I’m part of a team that’s trying to learn more about those who have Rheumatoid Arthritis. If you suffer from RA, do you think you could take a few minutes and answer this anonymous survey? You’ll find the survey here: http://ArthritisStudy.com
Thank you!
Valerie
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you know you have RA when .... walking up a large stair case , you begain to make up a song to the pops and cracks comeing from your knees ...
( i was sing miss mary mac last night as i begain to feel the effects of the comeing snow)
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This was so funny...It is just all so true...no one understands the pain or the fatigue or what it's really like to have RA and to live with it...You gotta laugh!
Awesome thread!
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| Sometimes you just want others to not touch you especially if you are in a lot of pain...that's is when it seems they want to "shake" your hand or give you a bone-crushing hug..."Where's my bubble wrap?"...lol...
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| hi emilou i know its so true. i was forced to go out yesterday and shovel 30ins of snow( so my morther didnt fall on it )... in which it took me almost 2 hours just to do a very small walk way then when i came in bairely abel to stand and shaking from the effort just to get my coat and shoes off ... im told by her " you can tell me how sick you are all you want but if you just went to shaovel snow then you cant be that sick . i wanted to scream!
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| OH Roxanne! If you had shoveled all that snow for me , I would have made you a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows and wrapped you in a nice warm blanket.That is if I could get the lid off the cocoa can.LOL I would want to hug you but that would probably hurt after being out there in the cold.You know that's the way this #$@*& disease affects others. If you say that you aren't able to do something you get a lecture about how you're giving up anto give her the benefit of the doubt maybe she wasn't feeling good and was wishing for someone to coddle her and couldn't see that d the whole "Use it or lose it" bit. Then when you really push yourself to do something then they say that you can't be too sick if you can do that.!!!!! To give her the benefit of the doubt,maybe she wasn't feeling well either and couldn't see that someone really WAS giving her the care she was wishing for. You might have RA if you find yourself excusing the bad behavior of others just in case they have an invisible disease too!
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| Sorry Roxanne. I don't know how that reply got so garbled up. I thought I edited it. I guess you could figure out that I am sooo proud of the humongous effort you made on your mother's behalf and you deserved a better response.
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Sherrie Cain (2/8/2010)
OH Roxanne! If you had shoveled all that snow for me , I would have made you a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows and wrapped you in a nice warm blanket.That is if I could get the lid off the cocoa can.LOL I would want to hug you but that would probably hurt after being out there in the cold.You know that's the way this #$@*& disease affects others. If you say that you aren't able to do something you get a lecture about how you're giving up anto give her the benefit of the doubt maybe she wasn't feeling good and was wishing for someone to coddle her and couldn't see that d the whole "Use it or lose it" bit. Then when you really push yourself to do something then they say that you can't be too sick if you can do that.!!!!! To give her the benefit of the doubt,maybe she wasn't feeling well either and couldn't see that someone really WAS giving her the care she was wishing for. You might have RA if you find yourself excusing the bad behavior of others just in case they have an invisible disease too!
lol ty it was cute! but yeah i kinda gave up trying to change ppls opion of what i can and cant do... (dont mean it still doesnt frustrate me ) but if you dont find the giggle in life things can get hard... so ty if you werent so far from me id accpet your offer lol *im a nut for coco lol*
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| U might have RA if you've cut down on junk food,not because it isn't good for u, but because the packages that it comes in are just too hard to get open.
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| you know you have RA if....personal hygiene becomes a fight for survival
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You know you have RA when you no longer unbutton dress shirts. Just the two top ones and then slip it on and off over the head like a T-shirt.
DX with RA in Spring of 2008. Currently maintain with 20 mg Humira bi wkly, 15mg mtx wkly, 2.5 mg folic acid dly, 150mg flurbiprofen dly, 5 mg pred e.o.d., allopurinol 150mg dly, usually 1 otc aleve dly, and a 7.5 Loratab on bad days to get a nights sleep.
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I posted this before, but someone suggested I post it here for humor.
You might have RA if....
your kids pray for your "hippys" and your hands every night
your kids call prednisone "Mommy's sweaty medicine" because you are always perspiring from it.
Have a good one!
Becky
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I'm new to the sight and I've been dying laughing in my cubicle at how many of these same stories I have! I'm 24 and just moved in to my very own 2-story townhouse about 6 months ago. Needless to say...I couldn't tell you what the upstairs looks like. LOL
And Roxanne...I think I saw you live in Fairfax, Va. I live in Martinsburg, WV so I sympathize with you about the snow. I had to shovel 36 inches!! My only goal was to get enough out of the way so I could slam it in reverse and get out. LOL It took me almost 4 hours!! So sad!!
You might have RA...if you live alone in a 2-story house and ask a friend to visit, pretending you really want company, just so you can get that item from upstairs that you've needed all week!! 
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New to the forum, and have to add my 2 cents...
You might have RA if...a friend texts you on your cell phone and you call them back because it's too painful to press those little buttons with your thumbs to text them back.
Too true.
Asthma, Sleep Apnea and Migraines, Diagnosed 2/10 with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia. Methotrexate, Humira, Cymbalta, Topomax, Xolair, Albuterol, Advair, Flonase, Folic Acid, AmbienCR, Tramadol, Voltaren Cream, Lidocaine Patches, CPAP
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You might have RA...
If you had to get your rings cut off by a jewler because they won't slide over your knuckle anymore.
If you have to take a vacation after you get home from your vacation.
If your couch has a dent shaped just like your ass, and pill bottles are the only decor on your end tables.
If you have more than three empty bottles of advil in your house.
If you have at least one bottle of advil strategically located in your car, your bedside table, your bathrooms, the kitchen and in every single purse you own.
If you have at least five bottles of advil in your house, and none of them have lids.
If you have enough energy to finally do the laundry, you call your mother to celebrate.
If shaving your legs is the best part of your week.
If you feel vindicated when your lab tests are RF positive after five years of your doctor telling you its all in your head.
If you fantasize about faxing your lab results to all of your friends just so they will get it.
If you fantasize about having cancer because then your friends might understand. Then you hate yourself for it.
If you have at least five freinds who suggest prozac for your depression, but your not depressed.
If you spend an inordinate amount of time dreaming up dramatic excuses for why you can't do something because being tired is not good enough.
If you are too tired to push the botton on your remote control, so you watch the entire infomercial.
If you fall asleep watching the Snugli infomercial, and then you dream you acidentally showed up to work wearing yours.
If the only time you left the house this week was to buy more advil.
If you sleep with more pillows under your knees than under your head.
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You might have RA if........your students open your drink without being asked.
........ you coach softball, but your team hits ground balls to each other to save your wrists
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This is the best thread I've ever read in a RA forum! I'm so happy to see that there are so many people who can tackle this with a little humor even though this is a terrible disease.
Here is some of my experience:
...when you hit your husband in the stomach and then cry out in pain and he looks back at you extremely over confident
...you park in the garage at work and then walk in a the speed of a snail towards the elevator which is full of people. Someone is nice and hold the door for you but you continue to walk in the speed of a snail (normally a person would speed up) but smiling at the same time knowing how this will contribute to everyone's normal Monday morning mood.
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