Comments on: Rheumatoid Arthritis Tips Book Review

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:19:37 +0000

I was eager to get this book, so I appreciate an honest review so I don’t waste my money. I keep finding books about RA that are inconsequential and not worth much. Thanks.

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:19 +0000

Hahaha. Yep. Just saying – - the truth.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:25:18 +0000

Thank goodness someone else has the same opinion. Most of the time the books and pamphlets make me want to tear them up, if I could. And the info packs the drug companies send out. They just make me POed. Just a bunch of BS. I’m just saying…

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:08:27 +0000

Yes, Wren.
I miss my big red Le Creuset pot. But I could not lift it even if it were empty. I sold most of that set on craig’s list.

This is a really important issue that people without RA may not realize we have. For me, it was not my hands that made the pots impossible – it was shoulders and elbows 1st…

Your blue pot sounds pretty; my best friend has the blue.

By: Wren

Wren — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:56:53 +0000

I like the tip regarding lighter cook- and table-ware. I have a beautiful, blue-enameled, cast-iron pot I love for making soups in, but since my hands have been flaring so badly over the last year or so, handling that pot has become painful and a little dangerous. Fortunately I have a lighter-weight pot, as well. Still, it’s hard sometimes to stop using favorites. I’ll miss my blue pot!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:50:02 +0000

Yep, no grabber for me.

And no cane either.

What will I do when all of my sons are grown too tall and I have no one (just the right height) to lean on when I can't walk?

By: MissDazey

MissDazey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:58:34 +0000

We changed our doorknobs and have done many little things to make life easier. The grabber thingy..I don't have enough hand strength to use one. Hubby likes it though.

I am still surprised how many books have been written on the subject on arthritis and RA. You are right, some of the ideas in are just filler and some plumb silly. I get the Arthritis magazine, some good articles, but again too much filler and a way too many ads.

I think one of my problems is at my age I have read all this before.