A Beginner’s Guide to RA: Friends & Family

October 16, 2008//Lene Andersen//Comments Off

My latest post on HealthCentral talks about the impact RA can have on the relationships in your life:

“I’m not going to lie to you: having a chronic disease like Rheumatoid Arthritis can be hard on relationships. Your friends and extended family — partners and children will get their own Beginner’s Guide — have to go through the same emotional adjustment and learning curve as you do to understand your disease and the impact it has on your — and their – life.”

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