Hello Everyone
Hi All, same as everyone else on this thread, new to the forum. I was diagnosed in 2005 with RA whilst serving in the Royal Navy. I managed to see see out the rest of my 22 year service and left in 2015. I have had horrendous flare ups and bad days but generally managed to cope.
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Wow @Billy1mate !
I am totally impressed that you managed to continue working in the Navy with RA. Hats off to you!
I hope you'll keep posting I think you will be able to help a lot of us 😊
Take care
Toni
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Thanks but all of the credit is down to early diagnosis and treatment (several knuckle injected with hydrocortisone) and me probably putting up with bad days when maybe I should’ve said something. The only thing that I couldn’t work through were bouts of pericarditis, not sure if that’s a common RA flare up or not, most of my flare ups lasted 2-3 days. My time working in a very hot, dry climate in 2008 seemed to be the most manageable.
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