: About Me

It was a beautiful fall day. We had taken my son and our big yellow lab to the coast of Lake Michigan for the day. On the drive home I began to ache all over. My hands hurt so badly I couldn't use them. And this is how my journey began over 10 years ago. After bottles of over the counter pain relievers had no effect I finally gave in and went to the doctor. I was referred to a rheumatologist, an arthritis doctor? I was in my 30's and had been on a health kick for the past year. I had lost weight, was going to the gym 5 or 6 nights a week. How could I possibly have arthritis, that was an ol...