Re: RE: Stills possible relationship with traumatic events

September 4, 2006

I was in a very competative high school and my father smacked me maybe 4

times in high school....I was 16 when I got this. I think stress played a big

part as it did with subsequent flares. How about being a brand new RN. First

job? Coronary Care unit in manhattan...3 patients, respirators, baloon pumps...I

was living alone then. Maybe that was good..no other responsibilities.

After my mom died. I had a flare too. Cheers to the good days..the upstairs

boss has given me many. Hugs Liz NJ

September 4, 2006

Hi :

You are so right! Everyone on here has said the same thing and

I do believe that most of us think the same thing. Stills was triggered by

an event which happened in our lives, a trauma if you will, and it seems

to be true in most every case. I'm sure you will get many answers to this

one as it has been brought up many times. Glad you brought it up agin as

it bears research?

Bob

On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:51:55 -0000, " dahtdah_denise "

wrote :

>

> This is an open questionere for all of the Stills group.

>

> I have always wondered if the Stills disease could have been

> triggered by a traumatic event, severe pain due to unrelated

> illnesses, a severe injury, and or family history.

>

> I have always wondered how someone like me, who has already been

> through a severe car accident, that caused long term damage to my

> spine and nerves as well as three back surgeries, could then develop

> such an unusual and rare disease.

>

> I have always felt, in my heart, there was some kind of connection.

> How could someone who has already had so much pain in their life,

> develop this disease?

>

> So, if anyone else has wondered as I do, could you let me know if

> you too, have experienced similar feelings of a connection between

> Stills and other problems.

>

> It seems to me, if there is a connection, the only way we could ever

> find out, is if we ourselves conduct a study in the relationships of

> the disease to other problems.

>

> I hope to hear from you all soon.

>

> dahtdah_denise

>

September 4, 2006

Denis:

Hi there. Well for this old redneck I was in the best shape of my life

when I came down with stills. No hard stress or injuries at all before

hand. Just normal bumps and things. Then wham stills. Now after getting

stills that is were my stress came in. things having to stop working

because of my health, the exs thinking she was going to lose her job in

a company sell out, like a divorce e ex steeling my kids. Grand ma

dieing along with my ex father in-law a month earlier. This all came

down about one and half years after getting stills and all in less then

a year to boot so before stills nothing after a whole lot

Hugs all

Form the redneck dragon fighter

Marty

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September 4, 2006

Hi ,

I believe the onset of my Stills happened due to stress, rather then any

traumatic event.

I am working full on in a pretty stressful job, which sees me travelling on

business and doing quiet a lot of overtime. On top of this I was socially always

pretty active too and there was always something to do in the evenings and at

the weekend. We also had a lot of things coming up this year (a house move,

wedding, buying a house, being promoted at work and having more responsibility

there etc.)

At the end of last year I started to feel pretty tiered and was quiet run down

in general...but even when I was not feeling 100% or had a cold, I would hardly

ever take a day off from work or go to the doctor...I always felt it wasn't that

bad...until I got a viral pink eye infection in October last year. I was off

from work for about a week and thought I had properly rested. So I went back to

work and kept on as before.

Then my suspected onset of Stills started in March of this year...the first

flare went away after a lot of rest (at that stage I had not been diagnosed) and

again I went back to work. This brought on my second flare, which was a lot

worse and saw me in hospital for 3 weeks.

So I definitely think that for me the trigger was stress and I now have to

learn to step back and take it more easy when it comes to my work life. I have

to admit I find this pretty hard...

(UK)

Dahtdah wrote:

This is an open questionere for all of the Stills group.

I have always wondered if the Stills disease could have been

triggered by a traumatic event, severe pain due to unrelated

illnesses, a severe injury, and or family history.

I have always wondered how someone like me, who has already been

through a severe car accident, that caused long term damage to my

spine and nerves as well as three back surgeries, could then develop

such an unusual and rare disease.

I have always felt, in my heart, there was some kind of connection.

How could someone who has already had so much pain in their life,

develop this disease?

So, if anyone else has wondered as I do, could you let me know if

you too, have experienced similar feelings of a connection between

Stills and other problems.

It seems to me, if there is a connection, the only way we could ever

find out, is if we ourselves conduct a study in the relationships of

the disease to other problems.

I hope to hear from you all soon.

dahtdah_denise

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September 4, 2006

hi denise

my rheumy seems to think that my stills was triggered by the yello fever

vaccination that i took before going travelling last year, but that I was

always 'predisposed' to autoimmune diseases due to my father being a lupus

patient.

>

>Reply-To: Stillsdisease

>To: Stillsdisease

>Subject: RE: Stills possible relationship with traumatic

>events

>Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:51:55 -0000

>

>This is an open questionere for all of the Stills group.

>

>I have always wondered if the Stills disease could have been

>triggered by a traumatic event, severe pain due to unrelated

>illnesses, a severe injury, and or family history.

>

>I have always wondered how someone like me, who has already been

>through a severe car accident, that caused long term damage to my

>spine and nerves as well as three back surgeries, could then develop

>such an unusual and rare disease.

>

>I have always felt, in my heart, there was some kind of connection.

>How could someone who has already had so much pain in their life,

>develop this disease?

>

>So, if anyone else has wondered as I do, could you let me know if

>you too, have experienced similar feelings of a connection between

>Stills and other problems.

>

>It seems to me, if there is a connection, the only way we could ever

>find out, is if we ourselves conduct a study in the relationships of

>the disease to other problems.

>

>I hope to hear from you all soon.

>

>dahtdah_denise

>

September 4, 2006

Hi

I have a really stressful job being a paramedic but I wouldnt put it down to me

getting Stills. About 2 months before i got my first flare I went to the

Philippines and went jet skiing. When I was back on the raft I fell down a hole

and got my leg trapped upto my knee. About a month later I developed a hard lump

on the side of my knee which doctors dont know what it is and hasnt gone away to

this day. I also got bitten by a red ant when on one of the islands.

Maybe it is stress.. I know I haven't been my active self for around a year now

but thought I just done too much overtime at work. Who knows

Nadine

Re: RE: Stills possible relationship with traumatic

events

I was in a very competative high school and my father smacked me maybe 4

times in high school....I was 16 when I got this. I think stress played a big

part as it did with subsequent flares. How about being a brand new RN. First

job? Coronary Care unit in manhattan...3 patients, respirators, baloon

pumps...I

was living alone then. Maybe that was good..no other responsibilities.

After my mom died. I had a flare too. Cheers to the good days..the upstairs

boss has given me many. Hugs Liz NJ

September 5, 2006

Hi ,

Until I read your e-mail I never thought about traumatic events or stress as

a factor. Then I thought about what was going on in my life before I had stills.

I remember having symptoms of stills since 2002-2003 eventhough I was only

diagnosed in MAy 2005. One traumatic event prior to symptoms ( i still suffer

PTSD from this) is 9/11. I was in NY and I lost three very good friends in the

towers(my grandfather's constrution company built the towers). My friend Amy,who

I have known since 2nd grade, lost her husband and I was the one to tell her.He

was a fireman and always gave 110%. I saw that people in the still's group

worked for EMS services. It is a tough job . Please keep all the people affected

by 9/11 in our thoughts and prayers with the 5th ann. coming soon. My heart goes

out to all the people in the fire dept. and all rescue workers that risk their

lives to save others.

I am anxious to see how many people in the still's group has had a traumatic

or stressful event. Thanks denise for opening this discussion up. Please let me

know what you find out. I think it is going to be interesting.

Danni

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