Mary lives with her husband in Encinitas, a coastal beach city in California

My mother, sister and brother had rheumatoid arthritis so when I started experiencing terrible knee pain in my forties I was preparing myself for a diagnosis. When it didn’t show up in tests, I was surprised and relieved. But in 2007, when I was just 47 years old, I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and two years later, spondyloarthritis, fibromyalgia and seronegative arthritis followed.
I had both knees replaced in 2009 and had to retire in 2010. I take a whole range of medication, supplements and multivitamins. I’m asthmatic so inhalers are part of the picture too.
Although I took yoga classes in high school and college, I had fallen out of the habit of going. Continue reading →