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You join the theraputic swim class at the local Y and you are the youngest one in the class by 30 yrs!!! 
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When you use your joints that are inflamed and warm to heat your other joints like a heating pad... I put my knuckle on my wrist last night to do this and started laughing at myself.. I'm glad I live alone most of the time
The girls at work laughed at me.. I'm having surgery tomorrow and they keep telling me I talk like its a vacation.. some people look forward to a vacation.. I look forward to surgery.. its my lot in life haha...
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I've got one: You might have RA if your DH goes away for the weekend and you can't have your morning latte because you can't unscrew the top of the espresso machine 
~ Joyce
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Hi, I'm new and I just want to say thank you SO much for this! I've spent the last hour reading these and I haven't laughed so hard in months!
If there's a permanent impression on the sofa from where you've spent majority of your time during the last flare.
When you've been told thousands of times that "you don't look sick" or "you're too young to have arthritis"
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lol. i've been reading pgs of these and i gotta say... sick and twisted as it may be i've been laughin my head off! i'm 26, had RA since I was 20.
here's one...
u might have RA if...
you go to a friends house and get locked in the bathroom and have to kick the door to get attention since your hands hurt too much to beat on it OR turn the knob to let yourself out... lol. now when i'm there and her hubby isn't home i just don't latch the door
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| I'm new to this site also. I've been reading this thread and laughing all the way through. It seems like one big family. How wonderful to have found this site! You all made my day.
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You guys are awesome!!! As I was reading through this thread, I found myself laughing histerically. I didn't know anyone else who went through this stuff, I found I could relate to a lot of it. My wife just looked at me like I was nuts and then just got teary eyed. I told her, that sometimes you have to be able to laugh at yourself.
Thank you, all of you. God bless you all...
José
My very wise mother swears that RA will either make me bitter or Better... so I strive for Better
José
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| ...you wonder if anyone in the grocery store would mind terribly if you laid down on the floor for a little while to rest. And whether someone would help you get back up.
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. . . if an electric blanket doubles as a full body heating pad.
or. . .
you don't mind doing dishes anymore - it feels good to put your hands in the hot water.
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...you receive copper bracelets as gift!
...your feet scare small children!
...people suggest that Bing cherries are the cure!
...you no longer buy nylons!
...you have more than 1 surgeon!
...you set off metal detectors!
...people ask you if they can cut your steak for you!
Mrs. J.
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...almost everything you pick up goes flying right out of your hand.
...Each step you take when you get up after sitting for a while sounds like this...thud ouch thud ouch thud ouch.
...you need a pain pill to reach up to get your pain pills.
...you can't whistle anymore. (What's up with that?)
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I really enjoyed the laughs. First time at the site and can relate to many of the comments. Especially the shoes. One time a friend asked are you in pain today and I said I didn't really notice --- I was just "down:" cause I wanted to wear cute shoes for a change!
I also have been locked in the restroom and could not open the lock. I was flexible enough at thattime to crawl under the door and get out! Thank heavens
Another time when I broke a bone in my foot and they wanted to give me a lot of pain killers - I said it isnt as bad as an arthritis flare up -
Really enjoyed hearing from all of you and enjoying your sense of humor
One last comment -- A person could go hungry in their homes with RA as you sometimes cant get packages open or lids off -
MANY BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU THIS NEW YEAR
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You might have RA if...
1) someone else had to type this for you
2) you're hobbling along in the store and hear little children say "daddy what's wrong with that girl!?"
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. . . if you try to clip your nails and the clippers keep falling out of your hand.
(like they did for me last night!)
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| My family use to joke with my mom about how over portective she is;she use to cut my meat for me till I was 12. But now that I am 25 I have to ask her to cut it for me. I think though it's bitter sweet for her, she still gets to baby me
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| ...u might have ra if you get excited with the new product by therma care...you know what i am talking about. the heat wraps for wrists and knees specifically for arthritis! Oh it's the small things in life.
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I'm a newbie and am suprised by how much this rings true for me! I believe I've had RA for about 10 years, but just diagnosed.
You might have RA if...
1) You realize the nausea from MTX will help with you weigh lose.
2)You dreamed of travel, now you dream of sleep.
3) You try and convince your hubby that yes you do need 5 cats because they are such good heating pads.
4) you dream of stairs 4 feet high that everyone else has no problem climbing.
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I am also a newbie and reading this thread made me laugh. Thanks everyone for all the smiles.
But I also have one that I did the other week.
You may have RA if... when one of the two lightbulbs in the ceiling kitchen light fixture burns out you stand and stare at it for a minute. You think thru everything you would have to do and the amount of pain it would involve to change said lightbulb. You then make the decision to wait until the other light bulb burns out and then change both of the at the same time.
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