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Williams, Drena Y

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Arthritis
Eventually I was also diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and started taking more medication for that. Shortly after this diagnosis, when I was in the hospital, I met a woman (younger than myself) who also had rheumatoid arthritis. Her small, frail, body was twisted and distorted because her swollen joints had fused in so many places. I had never seen anyone like that and it scared me. It was then that I realized -- this could happen to me. A nurse would help me into a wheelchair, while in my last days in the hospital and let me visit with her a few times. She had been diagnosed in her teens. She didn't know what started it. And it was always getting worse for her. We talked about several things including the Bible, which seemed to be encouraging to her. She would always be smiling when I left. I wish I had gotten her information to stay in contact with her.

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Williams, Drena Y

General Practitioners

Arthritis
Eventually I was also diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and started taking more medication for that. Shortly after this diagnosis, when I was in the hospital, I met a woman (younger than myself) who also had rheumatoid arthritis. Her small, frail, body was twisted and distorted because her swollen joints had fused in so many places. I had never seen anyone like that and it scared me. It was then that I realized -- this could happen to me. A nurse would help me into a wheelchair, while in my last days in the hospital and let me visit with her a few times. She had been diagnosed in her teens. She didn't know what started it. And it was always getting worse for her. We talked about several things including the Bible, which seemed to be encouraging to her. She would always be smiling when I left. I wish I had gotten her information to stay in contact with her.
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Emergency Care
Approximately 5 months after quitting, I awakened one morning in the most pain I had ever felt. This pain was worse than having debilitating menstrual cramps all over. This pain was sharper, like knives inside my joints trying to work their way out of my body. I couldn't set up in bed or put my feet on the floor without extreme pain. Moving my arms and legs was so terribly painful; I couldn't dress myself without screaming. My husband had to help me dress and carry me out to the car. I couldn't even imagine arthritis feeling this way. I remember going down the hall of the Doctor's office extremely slow, crying as quietly as possible, because of the pain of each step. I was thinking that I probably should have skipped this step and went straight to the emergency room, but I was hoping that instead, the Doctor would be able to just give me a pain pill and it would be over. I had tears streaming down my face, but I would not attempt to wipe the them because of the pain I knew would be caused if I reached up to wipe them (I didn't want to scream in his office like I did at home). The nurse had to wipe my face. I was so scared because I didn't know how much worse this pain could get or when it would stop. This doctor immediately had me admitted to the hospital (January 1980) and it was during this hospital stay that I was diagnosed with lupus (SLE).

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I had so many repeats of that first morning. People in the hospital knew who I was when they saw me coming and immediately started doing things to try to make me more comfortable. Each time I would go into the hospital, they would first give me strong pain medications, which should have knocked me out - but they never did. The shot would make me more comfortable. I'm not sure what the pain pill was doing. After about a week, they would sit me down in the big whirlpools and eventually they would start giving me physical therapy and occupational therapy, all to try to get the use of my arms and legs back. It would take me at least 2 weeks to be able to go to the bathroom by myself, and that was still very difficult, therefore they made sure I had a little pottie beside my bed. I hated being in the hospital. I was always there a minimum of 3 weeks each visit. I was always still sick when I left the hospital, but I could always bare to, at least, walk again.
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