Separate Rheumatoid Arthritis Forum?

In our quest to continuously improve the forums, we want to get your opinion regarding the arthritis forum.  Do you think it would be beneficial to have a separate forum dedicated to Rheumatoid Arthritis?  Thank you for taking time to share your thoughts with us!

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86%

 (13) 

Yes, I would like to see RA have it's own forum

6%

 (1) 

No, I prefer a single arthritis forum

6%

 (1) 

Either way is fine by me

15 Members voted

[roxstua]

RA is a completely different disease!

[txsilver]

Thanks for that input.  Do you have RA or another form of arthritis?

[roxstua]

I have a rather extreme form of RA...one of the most irritating things I run into is the misconception that my disease is just grandmas regular arthritis...when I am not on Enbrel, I am in bed...in extreme pain...no painkiller even touches it...every single joint in my body swells, turns red and locks up...I really start feeling sorry for myself when I can't manage to push the buttons on the TV remote.  I cannot go to the bathroom, get dressed or drive by myself.  So, I would love for the general public to understand the difference between osteoarthritis and RA.  It really irritates me when I tell them my RA is flaring and they tell me yeah, their knee has been giving them a little trouble too... 2 different things....

[txsilver]

Wow, that does sound extreme.  I am glad you are able to get relief from Enbrel!  I appreciate your feedback.  The results of the poll will be wrapped up soon so I hope we get some more responses.

[DDinATL]

I just voted and would love to have an RA forum to talk to others. I have both OA and RA and it took nearly 15 years to get a correct diagnosis. My anit ccp test was very elevated, can you please tell me if this becasue I too have a very aggresive (aggressive) type of RA? My RA Doc put me on Plaquenil 400mg a day plus 10mg. prednizone. The hardest thing I do is get up out of the bed everyday and go to work, I am going to try and get on ST dis. at work but not sure if this is a just casue. I know nothing about RA or OA but I do know I hurt all of the time. Please any words of wisdom will be a great help. I am 44yrs. old.