Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Ok, so I put it in the title to make sure that people who were uncomfortable discussing this would NOT click to read more, so, I assume that if you ARE reading this, you ARE comfortable discussing this topic...
I'm curious to know if RA has negatively affected your sex life and/or intimacy with your partner or those you choose to be intimate with?
If so, how do you inform your partner/significant other? How do they react? Has it negatively affected your relationship(s)?
I'm curious to know if RA has negatively affected your sex life and/or intimacy with your partner or those you choose to be intimate with?
If so, how do you inform your partner/significant other? How do they react? Has it negatively affected your relationship(s)?
who has experienced meeting or getting involved in a new relationship after having RA? Wondering what the reactions are.
Should this be a new discussion or maybe there's an older thread I haven't come across that someone is aware of.
this response is for the single folks only or the folks who are dating or in 1:1 relationships that are not married.
(I validate the bedrock of married relationships in terms of the give and take and acceptance and love and nurturing and so forth, as it should be and I am happy for you all)
as to the singletons, it is MUCH harder with someone that is a health enjoyer in almost all aspects (especially mobility, speed, endurance, that kind of thing) than it is with someone that has at least some small health issue if not a couple. at least for me. with a health nut and a lucky health enjoyer (at least temporarily i say wryly) I actually have to beat back jealousy, i feel physically impotent, and like I am struggling to keep up. like the classic dog hit by a car, I prefer to ramble off to the side of the road and be left alone in peace when I am flaring
i realize these are the voices in my head probably greater than the person I am with.
But yeah, I feel like a liability. that is a point of vulnerability so please be gentle.
i am flaring from every joint today and have on a: neck brace, wrist supports, ankle braces, heating, pad, just took aleve. so MAYBE i should have passed on contributing to this until i didn't feel like a train wreck :)
beech summary since you are so sweet when posting: i like to think that my contributions to relationship are still the same in terms of some past times and intelligent level of discourse. I know I can't keep up on foot anymore. i despise that. i count spoons. she does not. that drives me stark raving mad. i know wrong attitude.
Ros