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Hi. My name is and I am 23, I was diagnosed with Juvenile RA

when I was 15. I went on medication for it right away, tacking

methotrexate shots once a week and Remicade infusions once a month. I

had to stop at age 19 though because my dads insurance wouldnt cover

me anymore. I am married with 3 kids, ages 6, 5, and 10 months. My

husband recently got insurance at his work, but I wont be coverd for

2 years, and i finally decided to ge on disability july of this year

after losing 2 jobs because of my hands, but my medicare wont kick in

for 2 years either. I feel like I have had to give everything up I

have ever wanted. School was hard, I dropped out my senior year

because I couldnt keep up and was failing, so I didnt get to go to

college like I wanted. Now that i am on disability I make enough to

pay the mortgage each month but my husband is left paying everything

else out of his checks each week and I feel like I dont help enough.

He is very supportive of me and never complains but I cant help

feeling bad because I can't bring in more. I have never met anyone

else as young as me with RA, even my doctor says I am the only one he

ever treated that young. My daughter asks me all the time if her

fingers are going to be bent and broken like mine and I just want to

cry because that is the first thing people notice when they meet me

and then I have all the questions to answer. Sorry for getting on

here and pretty much crying the first time I post but I just want

other people with the same things I have to talk to.