Rheumatoid Arthritis - How I deal with it

Hi! I am a 36 year old woman from Florida. When I was 13 I slipped and fell on our back porch and broke my right thumb. After the cast came off alot of pain ensued and eventually I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rhuematoid Arthritis (JRA).

This proved to be alot for me to handle as a young girl. I missed alot of school and couldn't participate in physical activities anymore. No more cartwheels, basketball, volleyball,etc... I guess for alot of years I felt hopeless, went against doctors orders, and lived in depression and pain, feeling sorry for myself. By nineteen my left hip was bone on bone and I had to have a total hip replacement. This pulled me out of college and put me out of commission for 3 months.

After that healed came the drug abuse, and more hopelessness. I lived alot of my life like a zombie. I finally gave my life over to GOD because I couldn't stand living the way I was anymore. I knelt down next to my bed a prayed and cried until I felt purged of the stress and emotion.

Today I have alot of health problems, that hip (the left one) needs to be replaced yet again, i have curved fingers, and elbows with growth that will never be straight again,lots os pain, but I have JESUS, and I feel hope, and I wish I could tell you all what I should've told myself (that we may struggle and we all will have trials, some worse than others. But If we have JESUS our daily walk will be much easier. Let HIM carry you. God Bless!

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