Letters

Tiffany Westrich
Founder and CEO
International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement

Thank you for the article, “An Identity Crisis for RA,” by R. Franklin Adams, MD.

You can’t even imagine what it meant to me—as a person with rheumatoid arthritis—and the validation I felt from reading it.

I could go on and on but I will leave you with BRAVO!!!!

Terri

I just wanted to let your magazine and Dr. Adams know how much I appreciated reading the article online. To know that a lot of the doctors who treat us as patients also feel the same way about rheumatology and the misconceptions makes it a little easier.

Thank you very much!

Tamara in Canada

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