Hi all... as you know (well i posted it before) I am involved with an RA study through Wayne State University in Detroit. (it is also through Duke U if you are interested..)
WEll yesterday I went in for the pretreatment evaluation and i found out what group I would be in. There were 2 possibilities... stress management and Arthritis education or pain management and stress reducers (something like that). I am in the stress management and Arthritis education. Right now I am writing daily for 20 minutes about something that has given me stress in my life. I eventually have to write how I have grown or learned from the situation. I see they want me to turn a bad situation into something good. After this week I will start attending a class a week for 8 weeks and will learn all about RA and what it does etc. The joke was that I would know everything there4 was to know about RA when i was done.(UG!)
I found out that they are still recruiting for this study and will be until the year 2009. They want 140 participants and have 20 so far. They compensate monetarily too... so far i have brought home .
If anyone wants to know more, PM me or respond here... I will keep you all updated as the time goes and classes start. it will be interesting to see what i dont already know about RA!
Laters!
I think this is great Unicorn!! You'll be able to share what you learn here with our group. Wonderful!!
We could use all the help we can get.
I wish they had that here. I would love to meet to learn all about RA especially if I get to meet others like me. I highly recommend talking to others who have/had the same problem. It sure feels good to compare notes.ok bad thing here about this... i have to write for 20 minutes each day for 4 days... i have to write about something stressful in my life... something that is not resolved. Well writing for 20 minutes about the crap in my life is hard to do... i can write about it and be cavalier about it, but its hard... eventually i have to write about how it has changed me or made me srtonger.. and i know it has, but its hard dredging up the past... anyone know a good therapist? UNICORN...THIS COULD BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR YOU! I COULD WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT STRESS!!! WOULD LOVE TO FIND A SIMILAR STUDY HERE IN THE HOUSTON, TX AREA BUT DON'T KNOW HOW WHERE I WOULD FIND THE TIME. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT ALL YOU LEARN IN CLASS!!