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Is this horrible disease going to affect my children? by BridgetSeritt I'm writing this article as my oldest child is going through the disgnosis process for fibromyalgia. Since my children were born, not a day has gone by where I don't deeply dread them telling me "Mommy, my knees are on fire!" We all worry [...]

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Telling Your Children that You have Autoimmune Arthritis by Bridget Seritt   When I gave birth to my first child, I had already been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 3 years. Unfortunately, childbirth caused the illness to compound with 2 more autoimmunes and consequently caused a lot of physical and mental damage. My children have [...]

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