Patient Stories

“In the fall of 1997, I had never heard of scleroderma. I was very familiar with RA [rheumatoid arthritis] as my paternal grandmother had it for over 70 years. So, when my hands started going”

“I was diagnoised with RA in may of 2003. I stumbled acrossed this web site while reading up on information about the disease. My RF was 668 at that time. I saw the doctor in”

“Thanks to AP, most of the time I actually forget I have RA. Below are journal entries from my journey with AP. Now that Ive done so well, I no longer track my progress, but”

“I had RA for 15 yrs. & on the AP for 13yrs now & happy to say in complete remission. 13yrs ago was very desparte & sick- ruemy had me on Plaquenel, prednisone, nsaids- then”

“I was diagnoised with RA at 50 - 5 years before it was really active. I had a little problem with my feet but no swelling. 3 years ago I had a biking accident and”

“Six months ago I was depressed, thinking about killing myself, had pain of 9 on scale of 10, could not walk, felt any quality life was over. Today I do still have light symptoms but”

“In August of 2003 my life was suddenly altered. Although I had some issues over the prior 16 years, no doctors could tell me what I was dealing with. Fatigue, joint pain and over the”

“My journey begins in my September 2003 when I had a bad flu with a really sore throat for a number of weeks then suddenly I woke up to find that I could not make”

“i was a publican running a busy county inn in northumberland england,in july of 2001 i felt so worn out but had to keep going as it was the year of the foot and mouth,and”

“If someone had told me 5 years ago that I would be diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening illness, I wouldn't have believed it. If someone had told me a year later when I suddenly became”