annoying thing happening with friends since diagnosis

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Did any of you experience the following when you were first diagnosed?

Some of my friends seem to think they have become experts on RA since I

told them i have it and they read up on it online. They try to tell me

what I should and shouldn't be doing, how I should be eating, what

medicines I should and should not take...etc.

I have tryed telling them that I am seeing a DOCTOR who SPECIALIZES in

this area and will take his direction on what I need to do right now.

They just don't seem to understand.

I just found out 3 weeks ago! They can't tell me that what I'm doing

isn't going to help. They tell me I need to exercise. This ticks me off

the most because they don't understand what it feels like for me to

even stand up.

How do I relay to them, without seeming super mean, that I have a

handle on what I need to do at the moment and I need to take it day by

day? And that it is NOT the time to experiment with alternative

therapies. I need to get this under control first!

I know they care, but GEEZ!