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Newly Diagnosed
Fears
Fears
Being diagnosed with
arthritis can be scary, you?ll have many fears. But most of those
fears will never materialize. We asked our members what fears they had
when they were first diagnosed and if those fears came true. Here are
some of those reponses:
?The Rhematologists
predicted I would be completely immobile and in need of a wheel chair
within 6months ..that was frightening...but in all honesty the thing
that first came into my mind(fearfully) was visions of my hands becoming
all twisted and clawlike...
I have now had RA for almost 9 years..I am NOT in a wheelchair..not even
close but my hands are somewhat curved , my left worse than my right...I
still try to hide my left hand...it is silly I suppose...I am very
blessed my body still does most things and even my funky hands still
work okay..I can manipulate small things, make a fist ..so I really
should not complain, oh and my hair thinning from the meds did bother me
, well it still does on some days!? ?Debi
?That I would have
to stop playing the piano. It has not come true. It is true that I have
to limit the amount of time I play, and I don't have the stamina or
reach that I used to, but I continue to play and enjoy it.? ?Barbara
?My biggest fear
when I was first diagnosed was that I wouldn't be able to work one day
(I was an avid workaholic at the time). Yes, the fear was realized but
it wasn't as big as I thought it would be once it came true. My fears
were worse than the reality.? ?Robert
?That everyone
would find out and look at me like i was crazy. No it has not come
true.? ?Katrina
?My biggest fear
that I would become sick and crippled like the mother of one of my high
school friends. Almost three years later, I am still working, and have
not had to radically adjust my life, although compromise has taken on
new meaning.? ?Eddie
?I was afraid of
not being able to handle having RA. Knowing I was going to have
limitations and set backs. After reading the posts here I learned that
accepting the fact that I have RA is the biggest hurdle,learning to
enjoy the good days more,pampering yourself on the bad days and to find
new ways of doing the things that I need to do. I've also learned from
this site is that people feel so much better when they know they are not
alone in their pain and suffering.? ?Lydia
?My
biggest fear was that I would end up with gross ugly feet like my
grandmother. (I had nightmares about those feet as a child?ewwwww!) I
actually called my mom after I heard the diagnosis, crying, ?I am
going to have grandma?s feet.? But five years later, my feet are not
even close to being like Grandma?s!? -Tina
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