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	<description>This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it!</description>
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		<title>By: Lucy</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2114</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Pollyanna,

I wanted to get in touch because I think you might be interested in an interactive web page we are currently working on to raise awareness for RA. 

Because it is Arthritis Care Awareness Week very soon (13-19 May), I believe this would go really well on your blog, and be of great interest to your readers.

Our infographic will be visible on a web page which we will share with you once completed.

We have a teaser snippet of the infographic to give you a first viewing so let us know if you want us to send that over! You are more than welcome to embed this on your website as well. We hope you help us in raising awareness for RA and spread the word!

Let me know if you would like any more information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Lucy]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Pollyanna,</p>
<p>I wanted to get in touch because I think you might be interested in an interactive web page we are currently working on to raise awareness for RA. </p>
<p>Because it is Arthritis Care Awareness Week very soon (13-19 May), I believe this would go really well on your blog, and be of great interest to your readers.</p>
<p>Our infographic will be visible on a web page which we will share with you once completed.</p>
<p>We have a teaser snippet of the infographic to give you a first viewing so let us know if you want us to send that over! You are more than welcome to embed this on your website as well. We hope you help us in raising awareness for RA and spread the word!</p>
<p>Let me know if you would like any more information. I look forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Lucy</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2019</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Pollyanna
 
It seems good information about a rare form of arthritis  called palindromic rheumatism is hard to come by, but I&#039;m hoping some of your readers and bloggers can help put that right. I&#039;m doing some work for the charity Arthritis Research UK, which wants to develop information materials to help people with palindromic rheumatism manage their condition. As a first step, we want to talk to people who have been diagnosed with the condition. It&#039;s characterised by unpredictable flares of pain and swelling in joints, which return to normal between attacks, and can have life-changing implications. As you rightly say, everyone is different, and with so little research into palindromic rheumatism, we want to hear at first hand what it&#039;s like to live with it, how it affects people and what their experiences of getting a diagnosis were. We&#039;d like to invite anyone among your contributors and readers who has palindromic rheumatism to take part in a survey between April and July 2013. All they have to do is complete a short online questionnaire at http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/palindromic. If they agree, we&#039;ll then contact some by phone to hear their palindromic rheumatism story in more depth.  
Meanwhile, thanks for the very positive blog about RA.
 
Jude]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Pollyanna</p>
<p>It seems good information about a rare form of arthritis  called palindromic rheumatism is hard to come by, but I&#8217;m hoping some of your readers and bloggers can help put that right. I&#8217;m doing some work for the charity Arthritis Research UK, which wants to develop information materials to help people with palindromic rheumatism manage their condition. As a first step, we want to talk to people who have been diagnosed with the condition. It&#8217;s characterised by unpredictable flares of pain and swelling in joints, which return to normal between attacks, and can have life-changing implications. As you rightly say, everyone is different, and with so little research into palindromic rheumatism, we want to hear at first hand what it&#8217;s like to live with it, how it affects people and what their experiences of getting a diagnosis were. We&#8217;d like to invite anyone among your contributors and readers who has palindromic rheumatism to take part in a survey between April and July 2013. All they have to do is complete a short online questionnaire at <a href="http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/palindromic" rel="nofollow">http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/palindromic</a>. If they agree, we&#8217;ll then contact some by phone to hear their palindromic rheumatism story in more depth.<br />
Meanwhile, thanks for the very positive blog about RA.</p>
<p>Jude</p>
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		<title>By: pollyannapenguin</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1472</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Ramona, thanks for your interest but that would be a no. My blog is not about providing free advertising, even with the enticement of a &#039;possible complimentary giveaway&#039;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ramona, thanks for your interest but that would be a no. My blog is not about providing free advertising, even with the enticement of a &#8216;possible complimentary giveaway&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: Ramona Joseph</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1471</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramona Joseph]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello,

I work for JMGlass, a marketing company offering a variety of products benefitting those suffering from arthritis. I would love to partner with you to advertise our products on your blog, and possibly send you a complimentary giveaway. Please provide me with a contact email address.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Ramona Joseph
Ramona@jmglass.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I work for JMGlass, a marketing company offering a variety of products benefitting those suffering from arthritis. I would love to partner with you to advertise our products on your blog, and possibly send you a complimentary giveaway. Please provide me with a contact email address.</p>
<p>I look forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Ramona Joseph<br />
<a href="mailto:Ramona@jmglass.com">Ramona@jmglass.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Will I never learn? by Polyanna Penguin &#171; Mein Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Code</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1469</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will I never learn? by Polyanna Penguin &#171; Mein Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Code]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: pollyannapenguin</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1360</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pollyannapenguin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh I would believe it all right when it comes to people not knowing about RA or MS. It&#039;s frustrating when you&#039;re trying to explain, and the big frustration with RA is the old &#039;It&#039;s NOT THE SAME as osteoarthritis&#039; thing, but I really like the may they &#039;remain blissfully unawakened&#039; attitude. :-) Very glad you&#039;re enjoying the blog too!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh I would believe it all right when it comes to people not knowing about RA or MS. It&#8217;s frustrating when you&#8217;re trying to explain, and the big frustration with RA is the old &#8216;It&#8217;s NOT THE SAME as osteoarthritis&#8217; thing, but I really like the may they &#8216;remain blissfully unawakened&#8217; attitude. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Very glad you&#8217;re enjoying the blog too!</p>
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		<title>By: Carole Beasley</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1359</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carole Beasley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the bright smile.  I too have RA and can&#039;t spell it either.  Thank god for initials.  I also have MS.  I am waiting for the next initial disease to hit me.  Makes life easier, but you would not believe the people who don&#039;t know what RA is nor do they know what MS is.  Hopefully they will remain blissfully unawakened.  Thanks for the blog.  I truly like it.  I am 66 so I am much your senior, but only found out I had RA this year (2011) and MS in (2004).  Oddly enough I think my meds for RA are also helping my MS.  But the MS shots are sooooo expensive.  Once again thank you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the bright smile.  I too have RA and can&#8217;t spell it either.  Thank god for initials.  I also have MS.  I am waiting for the next initial disease to hit me.  Makes life easier, but you would not believe the people who don&#8217;t know what RA is nor do they know what MS is.  Hopefully they will remain blissfully unawakened.  Thanks for the blog.  I truly like it.  I am 66 so I am much your senior, but only found out I had RA this year (2011) and MS in (2004).  Oddly enough I think my meds for RA are also helping my MS.  But the MS shots are sooooo expensive.  Once again thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Iliyana Gesheva</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1199</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iliyana Gesheva]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi &quot;Polly&quot;!

We are interns at the Arthritis Foundation, Northern California Chapter and we are very impressed by the content of your blog. We are doing a summer project in order to increase Arthritis awareness and advocacy. If you are willing to answer a few questions for us regarding your experience with Arthritis, please email us at afncintern@gmail.com. Thanks so much for your time!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi &#8220;Polly&#8221;!</p>
<p>We are interns at the Arthritis Foundation, Northern California Chapter and we are very impressed by the content of your blog. We are doing a summer project in order to increase Arthritis awareness and advocacy. If you are willing to answer a few questions for us regarding your experience with Arthritis, please email us at <a href="mailto:afncintern@gmail.com">afncintern@gmail.com</a>. Thanks so much for your time!</p>
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		<title>By: John Sternal</title>
		<link>http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1179</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Sternal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi &quot;Polly&quot;

As you know, May is national Arthritis Awareness Month. I invite you and your blog community to participate in an important national survey being conducted this month by Flexcin International, available by clicking on this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/flexcin. A proceeds sponsor of the Arthritis Foundation, Flexcin will reveal results of the survey for Arthritis Awareness Month in May.

The survey is open to anyone suffering from any form of arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, RA, gout, joint pain, lupus or other joint-related pain, illness or disability. The purpose is to get a better picture of how aware other people are when any number of family members, friends or co-workers have arthritis or a joint pain-related disease. The twelve-question survey will help paint a picture between men and women coping with arthritis, and the level of support they receive on any given day. Please feel free to blog about the survey. Let me know if you’d like a copy of the results in early May.

Regards,
John]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi &#8220;Polly&#8221;</p>
<p>As you know, May is national Arthritis Awareness Month. I invite you and your blog community to participate in an important national survey being conducted this month by Flexcin International, available by clicking on this link <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/flexcin" rel="nofollow">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/flexcin</a>. A proceeds sponsor of the Arthritis Foundation, Flexcin will reveal results of the survey for Arthritis Awareness Month in May.</p>
<p>The survey is open to anyone suffering from any form of arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, RA, gout, joint pain, lupus or other joint-related pain, illness or disability. The purpose is to get a better picture of how aware other people are when any number of family members, friends or co-workers have arthritis or a joint pain-related disease. The twelve-question survey will help paint a picture between men and women coping with arthritis, and the level of support they receive on any given day. Please feel free to blog about the survey. Let me know if you’d like a copy of the results in early May.</p>
<p>Regards,<br />
John</p>
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		<title>By: barbara johnson/bj</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:).. thank you so much Polly... i&#039;m gonna love this place i just know it...i was thinking &quot;how lucky&quot; i am, so it&#039;s good to know it&#039;s also possible to stay that way!!!! LOL
first... i noticed you are reading SCARLET... LOVE that book!!! and then i realize you are in the UK.. I&#039;m a BBC masterpiece &quot;junkkie&quot; and love all things past and especially british!!!  
I live in a retirement comm. in MA (USA) and i&#039;m so lucky that DH moved us here.. check it out if you want.... www.oakpointhomes.com!
I can swim all year, and that&#039;s a huge plus.. i was going great guns last year, but then hit a bump, when i had emergency surgery on my &quot;gut&quot; (for lack of a better term)... but i&#039;m all fixed and life is good... today, a bit sad... my DD has lost her FIL, after a long fight with diabetes.. but he is a piece... 
so.. i&#039;m a &quot;funky retired broad&quot; 63.. and can&#039;t believe that... with tons of support and friends.. i hope i can bring some smiles to this blog, and will be very greatful for the info i can get here... hugs bj/barbara]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .. thank you so much Polly&#8230; i&#8217;m gonna love this place i just know it&#8230;i was thinking &#8220;how lucky&#8221; i am, so it&#8217;s good to know it&#8217;s also possible to stay that way!!!! LOL<br />
first&#8230; i noticed you are reading SCARLET&#8230; LOVE that book!!! and then i realize you are in the UK.. I&#8217;m a BBC masterpiece &#8220;junkkie&#8221; and love all things past and especially british!!!<br />
I live in a retirement comm. in MA (USA) and i&#8217;m so lucky that DH moved us here.. check it out if you want&#8230;. <a href="http://www.oakpointhomes.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.oakpointhomes.com</a>!<br />
I can swim all year, and that&#8217;s a huge plus.. i was going great guns last year, but then hit a bump, when i had emergency surgery on my &#8220;gut&#8221; (for lack of a better term)&#8230; but i&#8217;m all fixed and life is good&#8230; today, a bit sad&#8230; my DD has lost her FIL, after a long fight with diabetes.. but he is a piece&#8230;<br />
so.. i&#8217;m a &#8220;funky retired broad&#8221; 63.. and can&#8217;t believe that&#8230; with tons of support and friends.. i hope i can bring some smiles to this blog, and will be very greatful for the info i can get here&#8230; hugs bj/barbara</p>
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