Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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placidskipper17 said:Regarding how quickly rheumatoid arthritis can escalate, my mom's case hit her all at once last summer—it was basically just a two-month window! Throughout the summer, she just felt this morning numbness and weakness in her hands, mostly dealing with cramping and pain in her wrist joints. By the fall, she finally went to see a doctor and, well, wouldn't you know it... she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
I actually had a similar experience over the summer when I was turning 7. Now that I'm 22, thank Oh God, I am doing incredibly well, and it's so rare that I even think about the fact that I deal with this at all.