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Many people wish to connect with me, so thank you. However I am Disabled due to Rheumatoid Arthritis, that started at 21 and now I am hoping to make 50. I have been through the medical system for almost 30 years. I know what it is like to deal with disbeliving Doctors, I know what it is like to live with chronic pain, with limbs that you no longer own, let alone the emotional and psychological ride, associated with chronic health and no CURE! I erupted in Psoriasis at 16, was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis and then rediagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. My health has not been a walk in the Park, trying to gain answers impossible! My Family, well, but still in denial. I joined Yahoo to try and help other people as they start their life path. I have read, studied, student medical text books, my Doc reckons I know more than he does! Perhaps I do as I live with it? Anyway Thank You.

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