Comments on: American College of Rheumatology Redefines Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:59:08 +0000

We can see you Lyn. Welcome and comment away!

By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:08:19 +0000

Yay! It worked–now I’ll go back to the posts I really had something to say about.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:07:24 +0000

I have had no luck yet at getting my comments to post–let’s see if this one works.

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By: River of Hope

River of Hope — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:51:28 +0000

OMG!! Viesta I love your poem!!! Can I please copy it and keep it? I have read this blog for quite some time now and have told many other people about this great place. Your poem is truly magic!! Thank You for shareing it with us!!

By: Viesta

Viesta — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:03:53 +0000

I have strayed outside the box. I am neither tame, nor wild, but a bridge inbetween the etheric and the physical, weaving together the dreams of stars and giving them a physical home here on earth. I’m very peaceful, very loving, very affectionate, and very subtle. I understand that heavan is always ten steps beyond our greatest fear and desperation. True strength is not an act performed phsycially or in front of another. Strength is the perseverance to persue a dream all alone, even when the entire world tries to stop you. The greatest journey begins and ends with the First step…
I lay down my plans, my guards, my defenses and am held like a child. My missions, my appointments, my ideas, and the smothering safeguards i have built to protect me from the world, only creating more of the illusion of seperation. My trust is in the river of you sweet spirit. As my very self, you know my desires before i ask, though you often wish to see that i will choose it. I am learning how very happy you want me to be. The only thing you ask of me is that i would not deny myself anything. Everything i have clung to as a guard and a safety is little more then a crutch. I simply surrender, and will let the river have its way, for it is simply my very self- I will flee and deliver my strength to cont fighting this monster known as RA, it may leave me raw but it will never take away who I am….. strong and living– Viesta

By: Viesta

Viesta — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:45:09 +0000

After reading this blog today and the 1987 criteria for RA diagnosing, I feel like a lab rat…..like we are the ones they are experimenting on in hopes for the next generation?? I hope they can help the generation I am in, fingers crossed.

By: cubuffsgirl2009 (Jacque)

cubuffsgirl2009 (Jacque) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:51:35 +0000

Thanks for posting this. In thinking back to when I was diagnosed, if these changes would have been in place then, I would have gotten better treatment and not be in the situation I’m in now. Everything happens for a reason and I’m glad future warriors will at least have the chance we never got

By: Ronda

Ronda — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:46:28 +0000

I’m hoping they left out “symetrical involvement”. Mine was not until joint destruction was done.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:08:29 +0000

It is interesting how guidelines designed for research purposes (which are a good thing) became used (or misused) for diagnosis. Perhaps the new guidelines will more friendly towards patients. This is why it’s so important to find a good rheumatologist from the beginning! I’m still convinced that there is such a wide variety of symptoms because of the wide variety of types of arthritis and individual reactions (genetic). I plan to write about this soon.

Thanks for being on top of this breaking news.

Andrew