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Ok Ron  you win. I am no longer going to read or participate here. I am a member of a couple other forums and read a lot on RA Warrior.

SORRY YOU DID NOT HEAR FROM ME WANTED YOU WANTED TO HEAR. YES A NEW DRUG IS BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. IT WILL ONLY COST YOUR 100,000 FOR A TREATMENT AND 5 TREATMENTS WILL BE NECESSARY. THE CURE IS COMING AND IF YOU SURVIVE THE SIDE EFFECTS YOU MAY BE FREE OF THE DISEASE, RESEARCHERS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR? JUST BE CAREFUL THE DOOR DOSEN'T SLAP YOU ON YOUR FAT ASS ON THE WAY OUT,LARD ASS PIG.ronbn562011-04-03 11:29:21Hi Kathy, it happens to most of us at one time or another.  I belong to several moderated forums so that the bad behavior isn't tolerated.  Many of the posters post the same messages but with manners.  LindyI understand your leaving.  I have left here before and come back once in a while only to find the same trolls trying to take over the forum.  What people don't understand is they have to stop feeding the trolls.  Do not reply to them, ignore their posts, pretend they are not here.  When starved for attention they will fade away.  This one troll is more than just an annoying pest.  It is probably mentally ill and of course does not believe in medicine.  Snow and Ann.. so right you are!! There are as many opinions as there are people on the forum and one has to do what feels right for themselves.  Doesn't matter if it's right or wrong to us.  It's how some people handle bullying behaviour.  The forum has gone way beyond having a troll or two, we're knee deep in bullys.  Trolls, most of us just ignore, but bullying is a whole different arena and when there are no forum controls to handle bullies then the administrator isn't any better than the bully.  They're allowing it to go on.  Sort of like schools that allow students to be bullied because the administrators don't follow their own regulations.  This isn't a troll issue, it's a bullying issue and far more dangerous to the forum than mere trolling.  very good points, Snow and LinB... [QUOTE=babs10]very good points, Snow and LinB... [/QUOTE] I'll miss you too Snow, but like Babs...I'll be in touch This whole thing makes me sad. This is the first board I found when I was diagnosed a few years ago. I found so much support, so much understanding, people who knew what I was going through. And those kind of people are still here! Please don't go, people! I need your input...we all do. I don't understand the kind of hate a person must feel in order to post the things we've read lately. But I'm going to continue to ignore it and hope and pray that enough of the good ones will stay and keep this board going. I appreciate so much the advice and comfort I've received over the years. I miss so many who have left. I feel like I've lost friends that I've never met. And it's sad.

GwenNo one should let this perverted CREEP and his followers chase them away. They are CREEPS. Just CREEPS. When they post. Just add the word, CREEP. [QUOTE=levlarry]No one should let this perverted CREEP and his followers chase them away. They are CREEPS. Just CREEPS. When they post. Just add the word, CREEP. [/QUOTE] Kiwilass22011-04-04 02:21:46[QUOTE=levlarry]No one should let this perverted CREEP and his followers chase them away. They are CREEPS. Just CREEPS. When they post. Just add the word, CREEP. [/QUOTE] LyndeeNZ2011-04-04 02:13:42[QUOTE=Kiwilass2][QUOTE=levlarry]No one should let this perverted CREEP and his followers chase them away. They are CREEPS. Just CREEPS. When they post. Just add the word, CREEP. [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] Bumping so people can see what is happening to this forum .......... Bump...

Hilary Wilson of Duluth, Ga., now 60, was officially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or RA in 1987, but she is pretty sure she had the inflammatory arthritis long before that.

RA is a chronic disease, marked by inflammation of the lining of the joints. It can lead to chronic joint pain, loss of functioning and disability.

But some people with RA manage to thrive despite their condition – and that describes Wilson. Ever since the diagnosis, Wilson has followed a healthy lifestyle designed to keep stress -- and her symptoms --under control. She follows the same plan, whether her life is hectic or more relaxed.

"I take steps to help my arthritis, regardless of the stress level," she tells WebMD. That means taking yoga three days or more a week, walking between 8 and 12 miles weekly, and keeping her weight down (she has some clothes from high school she still fits into).

It also means keeping her sense of humor. "I can't flex my head back," she says, as the RA has affected her cervical spine and therefore her neck functioning. It's not uncommon for people to ask her what's up with that, but she easily explains and laughs it off. A sense of humor, she discovered, helps minimize stress, too.

Wilson, who works as an independent management consultant and is on the board of the Arthritis Foundation in Georgia, says she has never noticed a link between the amount of stress she is experiencing on the job and a worsening of symptoms. And her healthy lifestyle, focused on managing stress, could well be the reason.

Stress and RA: The Link

The cause of RA remains unknown, according to the Arthritis Foundation. But most experts agree that genetic and environmental factors play a role, including the body's response to stressors such as physical or emotional trauma. That does not mean, however, that stress alone can cause RA.

"In general, it's felt that stress does not cause RA," says Scott Zashin, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and attending physician at Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas.

However, he says, a stressful event, such as the loss of a loved one or marital stress, may trigger the RA to develop at that time. "That doesn't mean it wouldn't have developed at another time," he tells WebMD.

Patience H. White, MD, vice president for public health for the Arthritis Foundation agrees. While stress alone will not cause RA, it's one of many factors that may play into getting the disease and the severity of symptoms.

The picture can become complicated from patient to patient. "Many patients with RA have secondary fibromyalgia," Zashin says. Fibromyalgia is a body-wide pain condition, with tender points at the joints, muscles, and tendons and other tissues.

How does stress affect inflammation? According to White, the research is mixed on that.

But whatever that relationship, stress can wreak havoc, she says. "When you are stressed, you don't sleep well," she says. You can get achy. "People with RA have morning stiffness. If they haven't slept well, it feels worse. Once you get tired, you have no resistance to stress."

Some facts are indisputable: stress can make pain, and your whole body, feel worse. Chronically high levels of stress aren't good for anyone.

To read the entire article:

http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/life-with-ra-11/ra-stress

Good thread to read, enlightening info.

Stress and RA: How to Stay in Control

Hilary Wilson of Duluth, Ga., now 60, was officially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or RA in 1987, but she is pretty sure she had the inflammatory arthritis long before that.

RA is a chronic disease, marked by inflammation of the lining of the joints. It can lead to chronic joint pain, loss of functioning and disability.

But some people with RA manage to thrive despite their condition – and that describes Wilson. Ever since the diagnosis, Wilson has followed a healthy lifestyle designed to keep stress -- and her symptoms --under control. She follows the same plan, whether her life is hectic or more relaxed.

"I take steps to help my arthritis, regardless of the stress level," she tells WebMD. That means taking yoga three days or more a week, walking between 8 and 12 miles weekly, and keeping her weight down (she has some clothes from high school she still fits into).

It also means keeping her sense of humor. "I can't flex my head back," she says, as the RA has affected her cervical spine and therefore her neck functioning. It's not uncommon for people to ask her what's up with that, but she easily explains and laughs it off. A sense of humor, she discovered, helps minimize stress, too.

Wilson, who works as an independent management consultant and is on the board of the Arthritis Foundation in Georgia, says she has never noticed a link between the amount of stress she is experiencing on the job and a worsening of symptoms. And her healthy lifestyle, focused on managing stress, could well be the reason.

Stress and RA: The Link

The cause of RA remains unknown, according to the Arthritis Foundation. But most experts agree that genetic and environmental factors play a role, including the body's response to stressors such as physical or emotional trauma. That does not mean, however, that stress alone can cause RA.

"In general, it's felt that stress does not cause RA," says Scott Zashin, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and attending physician at Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas.

However, he says, a stressful event, such as the loss of a loved one or marital stress, may trigger the RA to develop at that time. "That doesn't mean it wouldn't have developed at another time," he tells WebMD.

Patience H. White, MD, vice president for public health for the Arthritis Foundation agrees. While stress alone will not cause RA, it's one of many factors that may play into getting the disease and the severity of symptoms.

The picture can become complicated from patient to patient. "Many patients with RA have secondary fibromyalgia," Zashin says. Fibromyalgia is a body-wide pain condition, with tender points at the joints, muscles, and tendons and other tissues.

How does stress affect inflammation? According to White, the research is mixed on that.

But whatever that relationship, stress can wreak havoc, she says. "When you are stressed, you don't sleep well," she says. You can get achy. "People with RA have morning stiffness. If they haven't slept well, it feels worse. Once you get tired, you have no resistance to stress."

Some facts are indisputable: stress can make pain, and your whole body, feel worse. Chronically high levels of stress aren't good for anyone.

To read the entire article:

http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/life-with-ra-11/ra-stress
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