Patient Stories

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kay 2015 USA

“I was diagnosed with RA when I was 18 years old, in 1962, at which time they told me to take up to 12 aspirin a day. Just think, I have had RA for 53 years.”

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Chris 2014 Canada

“I have probably had Rheumatoid Arthritis for more than a decade but was formally diagnosed in April, 2012. My symptoms in the early years were swollen ankles and knees. I saw a rheumatologist occasionally but”

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Jean 2014 USA

“RA struck me the Saturday after Thanksgiving 2013. I suddenly had horrible pains and could barely lift my left arm. I felt like I was giving birth to a baby out of parts of my”

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tish 2014 USA

“I have now been on Minocin/Vibramycin therapy for almost 7 full years, and it is still working! There are ups and downs, RA flares will break through now and again primarily due to three types”

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jo Ann 2014 USA

“Does this Antibiotic Protocol work? Yes, it sure does! On the morning of Jan 19, 2012, I woke up with my hands & fingers hurting & feeling like they were on fire. They were like”

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Marybeth 2013 USA

“I had decided at my one year anniversary I would evaluate my journey on minocycline and post my story. I was diagnosed in the fall of 2008 with RA. My paternal grandmother had RA. As”

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Racquel 2013 USA

“My journey from pain to recovery started in 2006. I started experiencing pain in my right knee. I thought it was just a strain from running. I ran often and was even a member of”

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Martha 2012 USA

“One year ago I was having trouble walking. My right hand was curled into a ball and my fingers shifted to the side, my left hand was starting to follow the right. I could not”

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Arlette 2011 USA

“In 2008 I was working at a Flower Shop designing a large funeral bouquet. My shoulder was in so much pain that after I got the bouquet done I left and went to my Doctor.”

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Walt 2010 USA

“My name is Walt and my RA story began in the early spring of 1998 at Trapper's Lake Lodge above Meeker, Colorado where my wife and I were helping her brother, Tim, renovate the lodge”