Support My Journey
On Sunday, June 10, I am participating in Walk to Fight Arthritis. I am walking and raising donations to support nearly 4.5 million Canadians who live with the pain and disability caused by arthritis. Please consider donating to me and supporting this important cause.
For those that don't know I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2010 and since I have been an advocate to fighting this debilitating disease. Please support me in raising awareness and funds to help research to find a cure for this disease.
FACTS
Arthritis ('arth' meaning joint, 'itis' meaning inflammation); there are more than 100 different types of arthritis!
These can be anything from relatively mild forms of tendinitis (as in 'tennis elbow') and bursitis to crippling systemic forms, such as rheumatoid arthritis. There are pain syndromes like fibromyalgia and arthritis-related disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, that involve every part of the body. There are forms of the disease, such as gout, that almost nobody connects with arthritis, and there are other conditions - like osteoarthritis, the misnamed 'wear and tear' arthritis - that a good many people think is the only form of the disease.
True, many older people do have arthritis, but it's NOT just a disease of the old. Some forms of arthritis affect children still in diapers, while thousands of people are stricken in the prime of their lives. The common denominator for all these conditions is joint and musculoskeletal pain, which is why they are grouped together as 'arthritis.' Often that pain is a result of inflammation of the joint lining.
Arthritis medication is extremely expensive - I am blessed to have good health benefits through my job, but not all arthritis sufferers are so fortunate, especially seniors. I am walking and raising donations to support nearly 4.5 million Canadians, including myself, who live with the pain and disability caused by arthritis. Please consider donating to me and supporting this important cause.