Charann2000.... I have had what I thought was remission going on for about three weeks. I thought, wow, I might have been healed. I kept waiting for the pain to return and it didn't. THEN, two days ago, Wow It hit hard. I have to walk my dog and the heat in Texas is horrible. I normally can do it fine if I am not in an episode. I don't even tell my kids I don't feel well anymore. They do not want to face it and as a result refuse to hear. My son keeps going to the RA dr with me to make sure she does not give me any crazy meds. He means well, but I have about had it. GET THIS SON. MOM IS NOT WELL. The kids keep blaming the meds for my RA.