What happens when rheumatoid arthritis takes away the life you thought you would always have?
In this powerful patient story, Dr. Isabelle Amigues sits down with Palmy, a former professional long-distance triathlete, to talk about her journey with severe rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy, postpartum symptoms, treatment, remission, and finding her way back to the life she loves.
Before her diagnosis, Palmy was a professional triathlete who had spent years training and competing at a high level. After having her baby, she began experiencing increasing joint pain and inflammation in her knees, wrists, fingers, hands, and other areas of her body.
Simple things became difficult—including exercising, walking, opening jars, getting dressed, and even holding and caring for her baby.
After seeing several doctors, Palmy recalls being told that rheumatoid arthritis was something she would simply have to live with. By the time she found Dr. Isabelle Amigues, she was in severe pain and had lost hope that she could return to her normal life.
But her story didn't end there.
Through treatment and a renewed sense of hope, Palmy began working toward remission. Eventually, she returned to running and triathlon—and later completed an Olympic-distance triathlon with a personal record that beat her time from roughly ten years earlier.
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