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Hi there, I'm 58 and have had rheumatoid for 40 years. I've joined this today because I'm feeling somewhat "sorry for myself " at the moment. I feel down and everything is painful. All I seem to want to do is sleep. The simplest tasks are monumental. I also suffer enormous guilt about not being able to do things. I have a 17 year old daughter, and I can't hide these things from her like I could when she was little. While I can talk to my friends about it I tend not to cos I don't want to sound whingy and, with the best of intentions, they have no idea what it's like. There is more to me than this, I do actually laugh at myself a lot. I think I'm just in a bad patch at the mo
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Hello @Marnie36 Welcome to the Versus Arthritis Online Community.
It sounds as though you are having a really tough time with your rheumatoid Arthritis just now. You may have been living with it for a long time, but sometimes it can get to be a bit much can't it?
You have come to the right place to vent a little - family and friends can find it hard seeing you in pain whereas everyone here understands because they are in pain too.
I am going to attach a couple of links while you wait for someone to come along and share their experience:
and this one is about fatigue which is extra tough when you have inflammatory arthritis like yourself:
If it would help to chat our helpline is available too:
Very best wishes
Ellen.
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Thank you Ellen, much appreciated
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