Happy Kinda Gal’s interview

[AgedCrone]

It is up on You Tube now.

If you haven’t already ,do please try to watch it. She did a wonderful job representing all us Cinderellas with our RA!

[Pippy25]

Thanks AC.

[helixhelix]

but where, there are a trillion things in YouTube!

[AgedCrone in reply to helixhelix]

Try Wendy Norman Rheumaoid Arthritis Ambassador…. or even rheumatoid awareness week?

[helixhelix in reply to AgedCrone]

Nope, just get a ton of old stuff.

[skinnycappuccino in reply to helixhelix]

I found it with "gb news ra awareness", good luck, hope you find it 😅

[helixhelix]

Finally found it here

youtu.be/2Yw_Hz_UmS0?si=1Q9...(Not working as expected?)

Wendy did very well.

(Hadn’t realised it was on GB news, so had to get my bargepole out to look at it.)

[HappykindaGal in reply to helixhelix]

Haha. I decided the message was more important than the platform 😂

[helixhelix in reply to HappykindaGal]

Yes!

[CagneysMum in reply to HappykindaGal]

Thanks HKG for raising the profile of RA and for telling your story that resonates so strongly for me. I’d had a couple of undiagnosed episodes (painful shoulders) that came and went within a few weeks of each other. GP thought frozen shoulder and/or torn bicep .. but when it happened again (swollen hands) suggested more tests. Then 3 months later I went on holiday to the Canary Islands for just a week, I walked on the plane as usual but after one week I hobbled off the plane using two walking sticks that I’d had to buy whilst there because I was struggling to walk. So fast, very scary and no family history of the disease… had never heard of RA but was experiencing pain in most joints of my body and struggling with day to day functions. It took 18 months to get under control and be pain free but I’ve not experienced a flare for over 2 years now and life is good. Thanks for sharing your story 🥰 👍

[HappykindaGal in reply to CagneysMum]

It’s scary isn’t it how fast it can happen. It was funny in a way, as a friend came to Portugal for one of the weeks I was away. I found it was becoming harder and harder to get up from the sofa so she brought in all the cushions from the outdoor sofa, stacked them up so it was much higher 😂😂

If someone had said rheumatoid arthritis to me before having it, I would not have had a clue and would probably have thought it was a dodgy knee or something too.

I’m just coming out of an 18 month flare - probably caused by stress but who knows. I’m pleased you’re in a good place now 🎊

[CagneysMum in reply to HappykindaGal]

I believe stress was the initial trigger for my RA and although I’ve always worked hard/long hours and enjoyed it. I took the opportunity to retire early at 59 (2 years ago) and focus on managing my RA. Best decision I could have made. Hope your flare stays gone 🤞🥰

[HappykindaGal in reply to CagneysMum]

Same here! I'd worked 7 day weeks and 15 hour days for 6 years to get my company off the ground. Portugal was my first time off (well, not off as we're an online biz and the villa had internet as I had to work!). The Doc thought my body thought 'well this is different' and boom! Triggered! And there's no going back then unfortunately.

18 months ago, my manager started messing around - she was manipulative and duplicitous. Infact, she's in litigation now for stealing our client list and setting up as a competitor whilst an employee. Our finances were absolutely decimated and I faced losing everything. It's taken all this time to stabilise so it doesn't surprise me that the RA put in a larger appearance.

I'm still incredibly busy but I have a team of employees now so all that work was worth it - kind of. So I don't do the day-to-day operations any more. Hence why I can go on telly, haha. I now do the bits I love - the marketing and promotion so that makes me happy.

[GinnyE in reply to HappykindaGal]

Excellent. You presented really well. I’m sorry you’ve been in a flare for so long, but glad it’s settling. I guess, in a way, the flare does show people how rotten RA can be.

[HappykindaGal in reply to GinnyE]

Thank you Ginny! I was absolutely terrified but Jack made it very easy.

[jojoishere in reply to HappykindaGal]

Well done 👏 xx

[HappykindaGal in reply to jojoishere]

Thank you!

[Typsey in reply to HappykindaGal]

Yes you did a good job of advising it is not just a bit of arthritis. Well done

[AgedCrone]

I really enjoy GB News…as you say they don’t mince words & they really stood up to the parts of the media that are trying to close them down…& had the courage to name the ringleaders.

[nanny_bee71]

Watched it - great to see such positivity. Now we need to push it a bit for those people who have no idea what it is except "my granny had it in her little finger"

[HappykindaGal in reply to nanny_bee71]

Thank you! I think I did talk about that, but 90 minutes had to be edited to 3.5 so a lot got missed. Not sure anyone could cope with 90 minutes of me to be fair

[Pam176]

would not watch anything to do with GB news !

[AgedCrone in reply to Pam176]

You do realise that without GB News starting the Don’t Kill Cash campaign we could be well on the way to having to live completely cash free?

Do you really want that? Are you you so computer literate you can do everything on line? I hazard a guess most people on NRAS are not, & those that are don’t want to lose cash in their purses.

In fact…have you ever watched GB News on TV, or listened to it on the radio?

Don’t dismiss it just because it’s new…& free to watch.

[Pam176 in reply to AgedCrone]

I did watch it to see what type of news it was portraying. It was awful! Racist, untruths, presenters are just terrible. Who would give a window to Richard Tice, Nadine Dorris, the list goes on. It wants to go back to the gutter where it belongs.

[AgedCrone in reply to Pam176]

Sadly Pam176….you were watching the wrong channel…both Nadine Dorries & Richard Tice are on TALK TV……ch 237 on Freeview.

GB News is on Ch 236.

Have a look some time…of course it is different from the BBC, thank goodness…but it’s a good watch!

[Beadie in reply to Pam176]

Oh dear dear, so much negativity!! GB News is nothing like you describe, maybe your watching another well known channel, so sad.

[HappykindaGal in reply to Pam176]

No one is forcing you to. At least I'm doing something and it's the message and not the platform that's important. Not sure why you felt it was necessary to comment unless it was to make you feel superior.

[Pam176 in reply to HappykindaGal]

The platform is very important to me! I do not feel superior! Obviously you do. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Suggest you go away and promote yourself, what an awful shower of self opinionated people on what is supposedly a group to help people.

[AgedCrone in reply to Pam176]

It is unfortunate,……but Pam your stated opinion was based on incorrect information…..as I just explained to you…..you have not been watching GBNews which gave Rheumatoid Arthritis all this free publicity…..& lots of exposure on YouTube ……it is not responsible for everything you dislike.

Don’t you think if only one person makes a donation to NRAS after watching the video, it will prove as helpful as most members who have replied seem to think?

[Pam176 in reply to AgedCrone]

Sorry about that I got confused with the channels. GB news is even worse. Lee Anderson, Nigel Farage, Dan the sex pest, Lawrence Fox, Rees Mogg and the list goes on. Oh my word that lineup is quite dangerous viewing.

[AgedCrone in reply to Pam176]

No …that is not the case…that is just your opinion.

The people who run GBNews obviously have a heart, & gave rheumatoid arthritis a chance to get some free publicity, that many of us might benefit from one day.

I guess you wouldn’t turn down much needed treatment you were offered because it was available from this publicity would you?

[Paula-C in reply to Pam176]

Got to come out to defend Lee Anderson, he's my MP and believe me he is a really good one.

[KittyJ in reply to Pam176]

How are your comments helping people?

Thought not.

[Pam176 in reply to KittyJ]

I am very surprised that any platform would use this station to get publicity. Like I said earlier what awful self opinionated people.

[AgedCrone in reply to Pam176]

No we are just realists in very hard economic climate ……all medical charities need financial help & publicity right now…& GBNews helped us…& we are duly grateful.

[HappykindaGal in reply to Pam176]

This awful self opinionated person was the only one that managed to step up and to get a message out. I have no idea what your problem is. You don't have to watch it. No one's making you. Your comments are uncalled for and offensive. All you're attempting to do is denigrate someone else. Not cool. Not kind

[Paula-C in reply to HappykindaGal]

Really good video.

[HappykindaGal in reply to Paula-C]

Thank you 😊😊

[KittyJ in reply to Pam176]

again, how are your comments helping people? I don’t see you out there spreading the word about RA. If you read Wendy’s answers you’ll see no one else was interested and it’s already been pointed out to you that you’re talking about the wrong TV channel yet you still keep on with your upsetting comments. Enough.

[HappykindaGal in reply to KittyJ]

Thank you for your support. I found the comments very hurtful

[KittyJ in reply to HappykindaGal]

There’s always people who like to bring people down yet do nothing themselves so ignore them, you’ve done a great thing 👏🏻

[HappykindaGal in reply to KittyJ]

Thank you 😊

[Beadie in reply to HappykindaGal]

Great job done, and thank you .

[HappykindaGal in reply to Beadie]

Thank you so much 🙂

[Runrig01]

excellent, you’ve portrayed it very well. I’m sure NRAS will be very proud of you. Well done 👏🏻🤗

[HappykindaGal in reply to Runrig01]

Thank you so much

[greynot]

Well done Wendy

[HappykindaGal in reply to greynot]

Thank you!

[aliplayspiano]

Well done Wendy.

[HappykindaGal in reply to aliplayspiano]

Thank you!

[HamHammy]

just watched this. Well done Wendy

[HappykindaGal in reply to HamHammy]

Thank you! I haven't watched it. Can't go through the pain of watching myself, haha.

[Blackberrywine]

Thank you. I thought this was very good. Well done to GB News for highlighting it. 😊

[HappykindaGal in reply to Blackberrywine]

Thank you! We tried local BBC news and newspapers, but they weren't doing anything for RA Awareness week. But this is just the start!

[Blackberrywine in reply to HappykindaGal]

And a very good one! I don't have a TV so rarely watch the news at all. People sometimes send me clips . GB news does at times cover some interesting things. Thanks for posting. I would have missed it. 😊

[AgedCrone in reply to Blackberrywine]

GBNews is on the radio now as well……

[HappykindaGal in reply to Blackberrywine]

Thank you!

[Biofreak]

Great job Wendy xx

[HappykindaGal in reply to Biofreak]

Thank you so much

[Happy5]

I found this youtube.com/watch?v=2Yw_Hz_...(Not working as expected?) alternative if you use facebook look for Wendy Norman on there. Listening to her experience took me back to my early days of diagnosis. Love how positive Wendy is. 😊

[HappykindaGal in reply to Happy5]

That's me 😅😅😅😅. Yes, I speak about it alot of social media channels as I'm in a position that I have quite a large audience so can reach alot of people. Can only be a good thing 😌

[medway-lady]

Just caught up and it’s great. Well done Happy xxxx

[Bella59]

Well done on your interview Wendy.Any exposure on this dreadful illness is surely a good thing.