by Laurie Mckinney

Created on: August 17, 2007

Denial! I am thirty one years old today, living in denial due to a illness that invaded my life at the age of twenty seven. Rheumatoid Arthritis, once thought to be a disease for the older population, is all to real for a younger generation. Almpost five years ago, I went through all the emotions of learning that I have a disease that there is no cure for, and all the medications are poison to the body. Most of the medication for RA were once used for treating cancer. Its all to real, either live in horrible pain for the rest of your life, or poison your body with strong medications and pain pills. I was doing good on the medication, until it stopped working after only three years. I had been through the anger, denial, depression, and I never really came to real terms with the illness, but I lived with it. Then I started to get really sick again, due to the medication not working, so I went right into Denial once again, and I am stuck. So as of now, I am waiting to see if this new medication is going to work for me. I know that living in denial is working against me,not with me, but its how human nature works.

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