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He’s been sick for 4 months now and on the waiting for UCLA Children’s Hospital. All the blood tests are coming back normal as well as the MRI. The only thing he tested positive for was the rheumatoid factor (and slightly anemic) but he doesn’t have rheumatoid arthritis per 2 doctors. He’s starting to lose his balance when he stands/walks and can’t sit down for any amount of time without pain from the hips down to the ankles (including the muscles). The only comfortable position he can be in with the least amount of pain is flat on the floor – even sleeping on an extremely comfortable mattress hurts. Regardless of where he sleeps at night, he is woken up in the middle of the night with pain. He is taking naprosyn per the UCLA doctor until he can get in to see her. Has anyone else experienced this or know anything about this? He was negative for lupus, mono, lyme disease, ankylosing spondylitis.
We are on the waiting list for a pediatric neurologist and pediatric ophthalmologist also. Watching my son in pain and being stuck in limbo because of the “system” is so frustrating. If it were their children they would see him. Our family doctor keeps calling to emphasize the urgency but it’s gotten us nowhere so far.
Never let the fear of joint pains keep you from playing the game! Life isn’t about complaining how hard it is to earn money or to take care of the family. Life is about enjoying every minute of it even if you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis or high blood pressure. Life is about taking advantage of every minute spent near the beloved ones in the sun of happiness. Well you might think that there can’t be spoken about happiness during an illness. The only things that probably cross to your mind are could something be worse than the rheumatoid arthritis diet or rheumatoid arthritis treatment? Of course it could be. And you know how would that be? You suffering of rheumatoid arthritis and having no family by your side to support you. Life isn’t abut rainbows and butterflies, life is about love that can be seen when the grandfather offers to get grandmother’s nails done because she suffers from rheumatoid arthritis even if he suffers of the same disease as well. Some things in life just can’t be avoided, or if they can be, sometimes people find out about it too late. So if you got the rheumatoid arthritis, why don’t you make the best out of it? Maybe this is the time when you finally can do something for your self. Get a massage! Learn about natural treatments! Get some Chinese or any type of Asian therapies! Eat healthy and tasty! And most of all don’t get into depression! Rheumatoid arthritis is very well known for ‘stealing’ the people happiness and making them see only the negative side of things. Don’t let yourself tricked by this disease. Go to the window and you will see that the sun is shining. And if it isn’t, you will surely see him smiling under the clouds. Don’t be obsessed about the rheumatoid arthritis joints. They hurt badly, but isn’t the pain smaller when you tell a story to your smiling grand son or son? Or isn’t it a joyful experience to see the care and patience of your children by helping you to walk normally again? There is literally an ocean of joy that still waits to be explored even if you have muscle, joint ache and stiffness. Just think about how you would encourage a person to be brave and perseverant if he or she was in your place. Think as though you would have a mission: to be a brave hero that doesn’t give up because of pain. Balance your diet, try to minimize the caffeine amount in your food, do some sports, let the game begin and have some fun by playing golf or making aerobic exercises that also strengthen your joints. Think positive and you will have all the ‘weapons’ needed to defeat illness!
Never let the fear of joint pains keep you from playing the game!
