Scout Finch02

To those of you who have gotten remarried or are willing to look again...

What gives you the courage, interest, or whatever to even try again?

I am happy being single most of the time, but there are still times where I would rather have someone besides friends and family to share my life with.

Divorced for six years after 13 years of marriage.

Are we going to start a club or something?

Glad I can laugh about the absurdity of my years on staff now...

I was often confronted about not performing my tasks with enough reverence. I refused to believe that cleaning a toilet or making coffee was about anything more than cleaning a toilet or making coffee.

Being on staff in the mid 80s was the bright light I needed to have shone upon the workings of TWI to make it clear that these people were control freaks whose only interest was in seeing who and how much they could exploit and humiliate.

I am really feeling old....I'd settle for someone that bathes regularly and doesn't speak with a mouth full of food.

So I am wondering what was the saying on your shirt....not that that has anything to do with the situation, I just have to wonder if the guy was able to read.

Did the guy actually read the words on your shirt or did he just acknowledge that there were letters assembled on your shirt?

Being a very curious person, I always seem to ask questions about behaviors or comments. I would wonder if the guy could read or if he understood what the words on the shirt meant.

Maybe you could have helped him sound out the words or direct him to the location of the dictionaries in the store so he could look up the meaning of the words.

Or maybe you could have asked him if he'd wait right there so you could introduce him to your husband who could instruct him on how to properly treat women who shop at Walmart.

The guy's objective seemed to be that he was trying to embarass or humiliate you. You had nothing to be be emabarrassed or humiliated about. He was the one that should be embarrassed or humiliated by his actions. My curiousity would be what makes him so miserable and feeling so inadequate that he would verbally assault a woman and her child in a public place.

What a wonderful daughter you have raised to have so much love for her dog. My heart and prayers are with them both.

Thank you. dmiller. That appears to be the website.

Thank you, George, for your input. I am taking the prescribed meds, will keep my July rheumatologist appt and will get my bloodwork done faithfully. I will also continue seeing my chiropractor once a month and try some of the therapies suggested here. I have seen great results from medical treatments via my dad, but have also heard of good results from other sources as well and don't want to close the door on those possibilities.

The interest in alternative therapies, for me, is not a residual "Waybrain" attitude, but stems from a woman I worked with several years ago. She had a PhD in biochemistry, was from a highly educated family and had RA. I doubt she had even heard of TWI. She was unhappy with the treatment and results she got from the medical establishment and developed her own diet and lifestyle program. I saw her go from walking with a cane and usually in pain to being able to run and move freely without pain. I don't know that I will get the same results as her, but I am willing to try diet changes, fasting, different types of exercise. They are good health practices anyway.

Once again, thank you for your input and adding balance to the discussion.

Wow! Thanks for your honesty. I don't know what to say other than that my heart goes out to you. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks so much to everyone for the overwhelmingly helpful response and vast amount of information. This is a great start and I will go through the webesites everyone has recommended. Is there a link to the Jeff Rath website somewhere that I am just not seeing?

I did try the Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate for two months and it didn't seem to have any effect. My dad says it helps him, which is why I tried it, but the pain, stiffness and deformity kept getting worse.

Did your doc check your RA factor (via blood test)? My primary doc did and found it to be sky high which is why she referred me to a rheumatologist. The rheumatologist is testing me for a different RA factor and a bunch of other tests, but she is calling it RA because of the first RA test, my family history, and the fact that Lyme's and lupus were ruled out by the first set of blood work. The rheumatologist was surprised by how fast my hands started showing signs of deformity and put me on prednisone and methotrexate. I have been taking the prednisone since Monday and saw instant improvement and am supposed to start on the methotrexate tomorrow as it is a once a week deal. My dad has taken methotrexate for about 10 years, I think, and it keeps him able to use his hands and walk. He considers it a miracle drug.

I will start the metho tomorrow and see how bad I feel from it because I don't know what else to do at this point, but I will try other remedies as well. I seldom drink alcohol, so that is not a problem. I have cut back on caffeine and am drinking lots of water as my chiropractor is convinced that lack of water is a big contributing factor to joint problems. I have been increasing the fresh fruits and vegetables in my diet and have read the general nutritional info the chiro has given me. Much of it is very radical, but I will introduce what I can. Your idea about digestion is one that seems logical and I will pay more attention to that. Also, I have found your recommendation about movement to be very true for me.

Thanks for the details of your condition. I never would have guessed you were having these problems after reading your posts about your active children and busy life. It is encouraging to hear that life goes on and that these conditions are manageable.

I was just diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis. I read the side effects of the medication that I am supposed to start taking tomorrow, and they are a bit scary.

Does anyone know of any nutritional, herbal or other therapies I could try?

My dad was diagnosed with RA at about my age and my paternal grandfather had some type of arthritis which we suspect was rheumatoid so I know it is genetic, but I am still hoping there are other treatments out there. Thanks for any advice or info.