December DW
Arthritis Awareness Day
Arthritis Awareness is a cause very close to my heart, as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. For many years, I believed that arthritis mainly affected older people, and was the odd twinge in the joint. That was until my auntie had it at the age of 20- it's her hand on the right hand side. I started to understand then more about how a condition such as arthritis can have a profound impact upon your life.
Then it happened to me, aged 28 and I felt like my whole world as I knew it had ended, probably because it had. My life now is utterly different from my life before, and I have swung from being housebound, to being back at work, and now I am housebound once more and using a wheelchair.
You see, there is no cure all for arthritis, and it doesn't discriminate, young, old, tall, short, slim, fat, it's an equal opportunities destroyer. The great thing is that as we progress, we learn more about this condition and how best to treat it.
If you would like to understand more about arthritis and the effect that it can have, please read this post, it's a good starting point:
batsgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/gorilla-in-your-house.html
Arthritis can't kill you, but it can take your life.
World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.
Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!
The aims of World Arthritis Day are:
To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public
To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it
To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.
More info here
www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp
Arthritis Awareness Day
Arthritis Awareness is a cause very close to my heart, as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. For many years, I believed that arthritis mainly affected older people, and was the odd twinge in the joint. That was until my auntie had it at the age of 20- it's her hand on the right hand side. I started to understand then more about how a condition such as arthritis can have a profound impact upon your life.
Then it happened to me, aged 28 and I felt like my whole world as I knew it had ended, probably because it had. My life now is utterly different from my life before, and I have swung from being housebound, to being back at work, and now I am housebound once more and using a wheelchair.
You see, there is no cure all for arthritis, and it doesn't discriminate, young, old, tall, short, slim, fat, it's an equal opportunities destroyer. The great thing is that as we progress, we learn more about this condition and how best to treat it.
If you would like to understand more about arthritis and the effect that it can have, please read this post, it's a good starting point:
batsgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/gorilla-in-your-house.html
Arthritis can't kill you, but it can take your life.
World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.
Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!
The aims of World Arthritis Day are:
To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public
To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it
To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.
More info here
www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp