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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2695660" data-attributes="member: 520626">Thanks [USER=572522]@LivingLightly[/USER]. I saw what it did to my mother. There was no joint in her body that wasn't affected by it. Of course, the poor woman piled on weight and became obese, but given her weight she never became diabetic.She was saved from that at least.  RA is a horrible disease. My own joints become red, inflamed and painful. Then it goes. My knees are a different matter. They are knackered. At some point I will have to have knee replacements, but I power through with exercise. Exercise seems to have preserved reasonable function, but I never deep bend or do anything that can cause them to twist. My only concession. [USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER], that's interesting, but yes confusing too. RA is horrible, but it sounds like [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] 's Sjögren is just as bad <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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