Myheatedglove

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Dear Raynaud’s community, let’s show some love to our brave and beautiful Rita, who for the first time shares her experience and look to meet people like us!
Rita, thank you for helping us raising awareness and for being so brave! We are with you. ❤️❤️❤️

Her story:

Hello, my name is Rita, this year I'll be 60. At around 30 I started noticing changes in my hands & feet. When I get cold, my fingers will gradually turn white, then blue. Every time I'd visit my dr, I'd try and show him; to no avail. One day his office was cold and I finally got to show him.

See here's what scared me about all this. My mom had the same issue, she passed of scleroderma/lupus. She also had Raynaud’s syndrome. We didn't know about her Raynaud, we were never told about it. There are 7 of us kids, I was the only one who inherited it.

I live in west Texas, it's either hot where the A/C is running, or gets cold and that for us who suffer with it, is a pain. One doctor told me to wear gloves every time I go out, especially to the grocery stores. But I can only imagine people staring at me wearing them in 100° temps. So my pockets or underarms work fine. When my fingers change color, I just hide my hands.