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has anyone on the board had RA for 30 years?   just curious.   wonderwomanGetting damn close.  It's been 24 years for me now.  I think there is someone here that has had it for 40 years if I read the post correctly. 

 Yes, I was diagnosed in my 20's and am in my 60's now so have had it forever it seems. II am sero-negative with little damage except for my toes and hands. I am working on 28 years of having it. But mine is different than ya'lls. 23 for meI'm also seronegative with very little damage except for the hips which were replaced a few years ago.  Other than that, just the left ankle and right wrist are pretty limited in ROM.22 years this january been on meds since day 1.  wonderwomanHave things gotten any better for you?Ooooh!!!   Oooooh!!!   (Raising my hand....!!)  I am 57 years old, (ugh!), and was diagnosed w/JRA at age 5:  if my Math is correct, that's 52 years, isn't it???  Do I win a prize?????!!

Dogmom
Yes! Yes!  YOu win the prize of LIFE!!!!  I was wondering if I could make 30 years.   CO-MEL this has been a hard stretch in my life, so to answer your question I am not better yet.  I want to be better.How is your ra different Joonie?YOU CAN HAVE it, I'm sorry to say, DOGMOM!!! I was DX'd at age 10..... I am 51 years old... I've had it for 41 years....  I had major destruction in my knee cap which had worn away almost completely and was rebuilt... I have deformaties of hands/major issues w/ wrists and knees, hips, ankles and feet.... babs102009-02-11 13:10:59But Dogmom, Babs... HOORAY  I wish I knew.....................I had a swollen knuckle as a child and when i was 11 I had swollen fingers that never went down much through my teenage years. The doctors told my mum that it was an allergy??? was never tested for allergies. I suffered severe fatigue as a child and was labelled lazy at school although I excelled at hockey and athletics?? Then I suffered with my feet in my 20's..everything dissapeared when i had my first child but came back with my 3rd and then I was officially diagnosed 13 years ago. My Rheumatologist is sure I had it as a child. I am seronegative with erosions in my feet and knees, elbows and hands..My RA can not be treated with meds and Im getting progressivley worse. I was in a wheelchair a while back and it feels like Im heading that way again...I am off to see ym rheumy for some hope.Mrs. Pinny, how was you evening out to see your son's play? The play was wonderful thanks , I got a bit tearful...lol as all mums do when its their offspring.. 2 hours in the theatre was tough going with the RA but I wouldnt have missed it for the world. At the end of the show my son recieved the directors praise...so we were really proud parents...my sons director was in Atonement with Keira knightly  so praise form him was wonderful for my son. [QUOTE=Mrs Pincushion]The play was wonderful thanks , I got a bit tearful...lol as all mums do when its their offspring.. 2 hours in the theatre was tough going with the RA but I wouldnt have missed it for the world. At the end of the show my son recieved the directors praise...so we were really proud parents...my sons director was in Atonement with Keira knightly  so praise form him was wonderful for my son.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=wonderwoman]has anyone on the board had RA for 30 years?   just curious.   wonderwoman[/QUOTE]

Thirty years and beyond. I was diagnosed in 1960 by X-rays. The treatment was aspirin, lots of aspirin.
Praise the Lord you are here aguaeon!   That was the year I was born ;-)   You inspire me to keep on keeping on!!!! aguaeon,   What do you take now? [QUOTE=wonderwoman] aguaeon,   What do you take now?[/QUOTE]

Currently, MTX 20mg subq weekly; Plaquenil 200mg. 3X/day; Arava 20mg daily, plus folic acid, B-12 (sulingual + IM) Neurontin, and other various and sundry meds for other various and sundry autoimmune dysfunctions.
Forty years for me.  Diagnosed after birth of second daughter at age 25.  Have major damage in hands and feet, but still do low impact exercises and try to go dancing about twice a month.wow.. what a group!  I'm pushing for longevity... not of RA.. but of life....

 

What a group of fighters here!!

 

wow.

? for those with damage. Did the damage show up in your feet first before your hands? How long did it take you to show damage? I have to admit i remember my feet hurting badly when i was 11 years old. They look and feel like crap now. Narrowing of the joint space ect.

I would really hate to get an MRI of my rear end. LOL It throbs all of the time has been for years. Bet i have bone erosion going on in there.

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