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Rheuamtoid Disease/ Feltys Syndrome
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Rheumatoid Disease/ Feltys Syndrome

Did you know that 75% of manual tasks are bi-manual? You need both hands and it's an inconvenience not having ten useful digits.

That opposable thumb is a wonder. 

To fully comprehend the degree of utter disbelief of what RA can do to a body through this 'Pacman' like disease - you must see the evidence.


This page is about R.A. It is an auto-immune disease that attacks its' hosts own tissue, beginning with cartilege and bone and moving to the soft tissue, tendons and ligaments.

These pics show the destructive insidious nature of the disease when you know that these photos of deformities happened slowly and painfully. Note the symptoms manifested in the distance between the joints in the hands, they're deviated, joints touch bone on bone, there is no cartliege.

I have the same destruction in my feet (every one of the 26 joints). The broken toes on one foot and the titanium in ther other have to be protected with army boots (Doc Martens!). My orthopaedic surgeon almost kissed them when I walked in with them on. He wants all women to give up high heels. I have.

It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen

It's all about Health and being grateful for it.

Once you share my written experiences - I hope you'll have the capacity to see disabled and other chronic pain sufferers differently. None of us asked for this. Normal life is a dream.


These may be scarey, but they're mine. I had real hands and feet once.

I hope some of these pics make you think about your life and good health. Be grateful for it, as I was once like you. I could open doors and bottles and turn a key. I used to be able to stand for ages, walk along the beach and carry my children.

I have more pics to come of other affected joints. Yep, the RA travelled to ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows shoulders, ribs, jaw, cervical spine and hit whatever it could, cartilage, tissue, ligaments, tendons and bones were targeted, and all that was left of once healthy joints was rubble.
um...lol. Enjoy!