Hey like you guys I have RA. I was 12 years old when I found out that I had it. My mom took me to so many doctors just trying to find out what was wrong with me... A lot of doctors thought I was just haveing growing pains. My mother finally took me to the childrens hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. The doctor's put me all kinds of medication and steroids. That's when I started to gain all my weight. It's hard for me to exercise because I need a knee replacement ... However most of the docs want me to wait until I'm @ least 35. So now in in a routine every summer I lose weight because I'm always swimming and going to the lake. I feel so fee when I'm in the water. Then winter I'm stuck in the house my bones ache all the time and I just do not want to move!

I'm hoping to break the cycle this winter. Wish me luck!