- To do your research ~ Online look up RA and Fibromyalgia ~ I read something the other day about the connection between arthritis and diabetes. It was a trimonthly magazine at the labs where I have my blood work done ~ That diabetes and arthritis are connected in some way ~ I really had never given it a thought ~ but after ~ in really thinking about it ~ it really made sense ~ its all hormonal ~ and interrelated ~
but it was shocking to see it in print I guess ~ really made me think ~
My best friend started out with arthritis, she has a twisted coccyx ~ and now she is diabetic and also diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Years ago they said that fibromyalgia was all in your head ~ nothing wrong with you ~
I am wondering if fibromylagia and arthritis is brought on by some stress related trauma that each of us has been a part of.
I also ponder why these diseases affect women ~ and very few men? Is it stress related ~
I encourage each of you to contact senators in your state ~ write and let them hear your story ~ ask them to support Arthritis ~