| I have been diabetic for 62 years and arthritic for 20 years. I have rheumatoid arthritis but it is noncrippling. I have pain all the time but it is not severe and I have adjusted. I do not take medication for it and I can do almost anything I want but in moeration and much more slowly. Finger exercises like the typing I am doing at this moment help keep them loose and functional. There are arthritis specialists and one of them told me 20 years ago that my diabetes probably caused my arthritis to start when I was in my late 40's. Good luck to you!
Richard
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