Comments on: Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Onset Stories, page 2 http://rawarrior.com Bringing information & encouragement to fight RA Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alice http://rawarrior.com/onset-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-stories/your-rheumatoid-arthritis-onset-stories-page-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2974 Alice Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:20:36 +0000 http://rawarrior.com/?page_id=1692#comment-2974 Irene, I quit smoking pretty much "cold turkey" and a few months later was diagnosed with RA. I never put the quiting and RA together. However it is a well known fact that your pain from RA is acerbated by smoking, I say this to you because I had an incident last year when I smoked for 3 days and my pain was HORRIFIC! It had never been that bad before and I quit immediately, I will never pick up another cigarette again. Kate, I understand how frustrating it can be to try and trace your symptoms. God Bless! UR, U ROCK! You are an inspiration to anyone dear one. May our Lord continue to Bless and keep you! Irene, I quit smoking pretty much “cold turkey” and a few months later was diagnosed with RA. I never put the quiting and RA together. However it is a well known fact that your pain from RA is acerbated by smoking, I say this to you because I had an incident last year when I smoked for 3 days and my pain was HORRIFIC! It had never been that bad before and I quit immediately, I will never pick up another cigarette again.

Kate, I understand how frustrating it can be to try and trace your symptoms. God Bless!

UR, U ROCK! You are an inspiration to anyone dear one. May our Lord continue to Bless and keep you!

]]> By: Anita Lide http://rawarrior.com/onset-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-stories/your-rheumatoid-arthritis-onset-stories-page-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Anita Lide Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:55:08 +0000 http://rawarrior.com/?page_id=1692#comment-2952 Kate, I truly understand your frustration. I was almost 52 when diagnosed, but can trace my symptoms back to age 21. Good luck with your treatment. Anita Kate,

I truly understand your frustration. I was almost 52 when diagnosed, but can trace my symptoms back to age 21. Good luck with your treatment.

Anita

]]> By: irishbookfairy http://rawarrior.com/onset-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-stories/your-rheumatoid-arthritis-onset-stories-page-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 irishbookfairy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:11:32 +0000 http://rawarrior.com/?page_id=1692#comment-2291 Hi Irene, I read your story and cant write too much as my husband is sleeping and telling me "no" in a halfway sleepy way, which translates as "get off the computer, kids have school tomorrow". So I will just say this. I also smoked for a very long time in my life. However, I would always quit cold turkey and stay away for a year or so. One time for 3 years. I had noticed that I was having RA symptoms for quite sometimes but I was never dx. I quit smoking this past 6 months because my blood pressure was so high and I could not figure out why. I quit and was off of them for a total of almost 3 months. Once again I quit cold turkey. That is pretty major nicotine withdrawal. 2 1/2 months after I quit I was having major RA symptoms and was finally dx after several years. I too started smoking again 2 weeks after being dx. I dont really care too much now. I have read about RA putting women at a 3x higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death than regular women. I am "sick" of being unlucky in life, and believe me I have been unlucky. The only good in my life is my precious sons and a husband who sometimes seems to care that I am still alive. I am tired of people telling me how to live my life or that I am bad in some way when all I have tried to do all my life was be good to people. I worked my a** off for 3 years to obtain a teaching certificate and my student teaching was horrible. The pre-k teacher I taught for treated me bad and I honestly think it is because the kids showed more interest in me. I ended up with a B in student teaching and I did pass the tests and get my certificate. However I can not use her as a reference and I am sure that seems peculiar to prospective ISD's. I have been an unemployed teacher since last May and was looking forward to subbing this spring. I was told they would have a subbing orientation before Christmas. I called to find out a date and now I am told they "may" have one in January. They may not also. Everyone is subbing because of the economy. Also they needed my fingerprints and I clearly had them done, otherwise i would not get certified. Well, they are telling me they cant find a record of them anyway. I paid $50.00 for them, if they cant find the fingerprints I will not be able to sub until next year. It seems every where I turn there is another obstacle or negative thing to deal with. So believe me, if people want to say anything about my smoking I will freak out. Good luck to tyou! :cat2: Hi Irene,
I read your story and cant write too much as my husband is sleeping and telling me “no” in a halfway sleepy way, which translates as “get off the computer, kids have school tomorrow”. So I will just say this. I also smoked for a very long time in my life. However, I would always quit cold turkey and stay away for a year or so. One time for 3 years. I had noticed that I was having RA symptoms for quite sometimes but I was never dx. I quit smoking this past 6 months because my blood pressure was so high and I could not figure out why. I quit and was off of them for a total of almost 3 months. Once again I quit cold turkey. That is pretty major nicotine withdrawal. 2 1/2 months after I quit I was having major RA symptoms and was finally dx after several years. I too started smoking again 2 weeks after being dx. I dont really care too much now. I have read about RA putting women at a 3x higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death than regular women. I am “sick” of being unlucky in life, and believe me I have been unlucky. The only good in my life is my precious sons and a husband who sometimes seems to care that I am still alive. I am tired of people telling me how to live my life or that I am bad in some way when all I have tried to do all my life was be good to people. I worked my a** off for 3 years to obtain a teaching certificate and my student teaching was horrible. The pre-k teacher I taught for treated me bad and I honestly think it is because the kids showed more interest in me. I ended up with a B in student teaching and I did pass the tests and get my certificate. However I can not use her as a reference and I am sure that seems peculiar to prospective ISD’s. I have been an unemployed teacher since last May and was looking forward to subbing this spring. I was told they would have a subbing orientation before Christmas. I called to find out a date and now I am told they “may” have one in January. They may not also. Everyone is subbing because of the economy. Also they needed my fingerprints and I clearly had them done, otherwise i would not get certified. Well, they are telling me they cant find a record of them anyway. I paid $50.00 for them, if they cant find the fingerprints I will not be able to sub until next year. It seems every where I turn there is another obstacle or negative thing to deal with. So believe me, if people want to say anything about my smoking I will freak out. Good luck to tyou! Cat 2

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