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Contributors
Meet the wonderful folks who
help us out. Without them, we'd be lost!
Kim McCarthy
Kim McCarthy is our Jill-of-all-trades. Without her creativity, Arthritis Insight would be a pretty boring place.
Kim worked closely with Tina on ArthritisNet, doing the graphics, writing
and acting as the infamous "Ask Annie".
The mother of four active boys, Kim works from home. Her passion is graphic design and as you can see from the great graphics here at Arthritis Insight she is extremely talented. You can see more of her work at
Faded Jeans, her web
design company.
Kim is also our "Webrarian", search engine expert and a contributing writer. Truly, a multi-talented woman!
Char Le Fleur
Char lives in the Midwest. She is married and has no children, but is a devoted aunt.
She is a former nurse, a former antique store owner, and is planning an Internet antique store in the future, but is by no means an expert.
She loves to cook and hates to clean. Char has been a regular at alt.support.arthrits for about 2 1/2 yrs.
She has PA, OA, and FMS, which is finally responding to medication. Char is
the author of Cooking With Char, found every week in the Arthritis Insight
Newsletter.
All information is subject to change without notice.
Linda Peck
 Linda lives in central PA in a small
town nestled among the mountains, halfway between Harrisburg and Gettysburg. She
and her husband, Dave, who is retired from the Mechanicsburg Navy Depot, have
been married for 35 years and have one son, Dave Jr., age 31.? In May of 2003, their son married and they
now have a lovely daughter-in-law, Shelly, and two adorable step-grandchildren,
Christian, age 3, and Austin, age 8.
Linda?s hobbies include web design
and digital photography and dog rescue has become her passion.? Her p.c. knowledge comes from 20 years'
experience, learning state-of-the-art technology at work and enhancing those
skills sitting at her home p.c. She has been publishing a corporate newsletter
for the last 10 years for Exel, Inc., a global warehousing and logistics
company, and maintains a multi-page website dedicated to homeless dogs and the
wonderful rescue groups who are trying to help them (http://www.geocities.com/lpeck1).? She actively
volunteers with a local rescue group.
Diagnosed with
RA in June of 1999, Linda remarks, "Finding Arthritis Insight was like a breath
of fresh air. Suffering alone and trying not to burden family is difficult - at
AI, I found new strength to cope through the shared bond of arthritis and have
made a wonderful new friend, Carol.? I am
so pleased and honored to have the opportunity to help AI members through the
new newsletter column, The AI Help Desk."
Rosie Shiver
 I'm Rosie Shiver. I'm a stay-at-home Mom to three kids, three dogs, three guinea pigs and a cat.
I've had osteoarthritis for nearly 30 years, and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and soft tissue rheumatism.
I participate as a regular on the alt.support.arthritis and alt.med.fibromyalgia newsgroups. My second spouse Norm and I have an e-mail list for Significant Others and a chatroom at ChatSpace.
I was an Elementary teacher in the inner city and an adjunct professor of Education at Florida International University. My last career position before disability was as a teacher supervisor for Head Start.
I've been on Social Security Disability for 10 years. I can be reached at Rosie@arthritisinsight.com
Rosie is a regular contributor, her weekly
feature the Significant Other Spot appears every Friday.
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