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I am Susie. The summer I turned 30, I developed RA. I am now 68. My 1st rheumatologist was wonderful. He educated me before anything else. The only other time I experienced that was my visit to Mayo in Rochester. Start with education. Know thy enemy.

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Will RA inflame and swell your feet and legs so as to keep you in a wheelchair for two months until it slowly goes away and you can walk again? And as I also have Psoriatic arthritis who knows which one is doing this or is it the both of them together? Going through thus again off and on for three years. But the worst is: I now have carpel, tunnel trigger finger and the arthritis in my right hand so that without the use of this hand I go around in circles in the wheelchair. I am 83 years old and the doctor refuses to give a prescription for an electric wheelchair. The hand surgeons will not operate because of the Corona virus and my age. As the old song goes "Stuck in the middle again!" I need an Ombudsman to represent me but they only want me to go into assisted living. I want my freedom and to continue to live in my home that I have paid for these many years. I clean my house myself and take care of my precious dog and cat very well. Shame on them if they think this is the easy way. "GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES" Any ideas anyone? Please. Peach