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Rheumatoid, meds, & weight to lose.

For those of us with RA, that treat our disease with medications, and want to lose some serious weight.

This group is not for people that want to question us about our decisions to take our meds.

You people can make your own group.

Owner: lglavishLeaders: lglavishCreated on August 8, 201267 membersPrivacy: Public

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:happy: Tell us about your RA, meds, weight, or whatever you feel comfortable with.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior
For any of you that have not checked out Kelly's blog already, this is THE place for RA patients and information. It is a site dedicated to us, the patients; and it has been a wealth of information for me and thousands of others. http://rawarrior.com/
American College of Rheumatology
This is a great source of information. They also have facebook sites and will be soon starting a patient interaction. I'll keep you posted. http://www.rheumatology.org/ref/about.asp http://www.rheumatology.org/index.asp http://www.the-rheumatologist.org/view/index.html

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CELEBRATE -EXERCISING 2-3 DAYS WITH NO FLARE UPS
Usually when I work out, I may need to skip a day or two because of a flare up. Today I feel great after a 40 minute workout yesterday. I took an Advil just before bedtime so I am sure that helped. If you have any tips to deal with post exercise flare- ups or would like to celebrate an exercise streak -post it here!
Disability Review
So nervous and scared. Im up for my first disability review, as ive only had disability since 2008. I havent been on meds, because of all the issues as stated in my introduction and im so scared they are going to deny me disability this time around. I wasnt on meds when i was approved for disability either, but i also…

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