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Posted 11/12/2010 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hello, everyone.  I am new to this forum, and fairly new to inflammatory arthritis.  I ended up in the Rheumatologist's office in June after a weekend of feet so painful, I had to hobble around slowly to get anywhere.  His Dx is Fibromyaliga, Inflammatory Arthritis and Generalized Osteoarthritis.  Two months later I was in the NP's office w/a nasty Asthma attack. So, now I take a lot of pills, but I am able to function. The fatigue from the pain and the mental sluggishness from the Fibro really freaked me out. That has greatly subsided w/treatment. I have been reading some of your posts, and find them really informative, especially for a newbie like me.  I am 56 years old, and live in rural Missouri.  I am an animal lover and am sitting here at the moment w/a littleblack and white kitty at my shoulder. Peace, V
Posted 11/12/2010 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Vannie, welcome to HW. Great place to chat or rant. Its always hard to get used to a diagnsis like the auto immune ones, such a slap in the face, the tiredness, the pacing oneself all the time, feeling guilty if you overdo it and end up flaring, feeling like going to bed when you need to be somewhere... I could go on and on.
I was diagnosed 4 years ago now and its taken me ages to come to terms with it, but I love my cats so I can relate to the little kitty on the shoulder. Lift up your spirits when you're down, nothing like an animal to come home to.
Infomation is a wonder med in itself, there are some really good sites in the resources section too. I did a 6 week course run by my local hospital on RA, it was so good, all about the disease what it means to you, how you can make the most of your life etc, etc... They reckon information is empowering the patient to make the best choices, it helped my head more than anything.
Welcome anyway. goltiho
Posted 11/12/2010 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome Vannie!

Hope you start feeling better soon.

I have an outside male cat that is black & white. Inside I have an female Orange Tabby & a female Gray Tabby. Also outside I have a very old Pit Bull and a beagle.
Posted 11/13/2010 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you for the warm welcome! I have three inside cats. Spooky is black and is 16. Ted is 6 and is a BIG, long-haried black and white cat. K.C. is a 3 month old kitten that was tiny and had a broken leg when she was found hiding in a ditch in a cluvert. A friend of mine was walking by and heard her cry. You cannot tell she ever had anything wrong with her leg now. After some medical attention, and TLC, she looks really great. She is also black and white. People do a doubletake when they see KC and Ted walk into the room together. They look so much alike. One is just really big, and the other is just really little. LOL They are good for each other. Ted needs the exercise that KC gives him, as kittens tend to do. I have two outside cats. Callie showed up in May, in need of a home. She is a shorthaired calico. She is beautiful and loving. She likes being outside chasing bugs, etc. She stays in the garage w/Shade, my other outside princess, when the weather gets cold. I guess you can tell that I love my furry friends. They give me great companionship and they make me laugh. Good medicine!!! Peace, V
Posted 11/13/2010 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
Love the sound of all those cats, I'm down to one grouch at the moment, Oscar. He suffers me to stroke him occasionally, but only sometimes!!! He looks beautiful, white with an orange tail and head and I hear people in the street admiring him. I feel like yelling a warning DONT Touch HIM, he bites!
He has a heart condition but is just a touch too feral for patting. We rescued him too. Shame hes so nasty as I'm scared to get a kitten incase he kills it. He goes for dogs, cats and children!
But I love him anyway, my kids stay weary, he loves my studio and my herb garden, they're his favourite spots.
Love cats though, golitho
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