Arthritis sufferers say sharing feelings on paper creates friendship and relief
Arthritis is not just an "old person's" disease, says Terri Valenzuela.
It has many faces - young, old, male, female, wife, husband, mother, father.
Valenzuela is a 46-year-old single mother of three. She used to be a teacher. She used to be able to wake up in the morning without feeling pain, without feeling like she didn't want to go anywhere that day.
Then, overnight, she says it all changed.
She was diagnosed with lupus, an auto-immune disease. Then she was diagnosed with the rheumatoid arthritis that she says has "encompassed" her life.
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