2. PURPOSE
Hear from others who are living with pain
from rheumatic diseases
 Understand where other patients get support
and what works for them
 Learn how to get a New Life Outlook
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3. RHEUMATOLOGISTS
Rheumatologists can provide suggestions to
improve your quality of life
 The following video features patients
describing the relationship they have with
rheumatologists
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4. FINDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
Pain is invisible and there may be some people
who cannot understand how debilitating
conditions that cause pain can be. Finding
people who do understand is useful because:
 Those who have the same or similar cause
of pain can empathize and understand the
physiological and mental effects
 They may even be able to describe things
that they’ve tried that may help you

5. New Life Outlook hopes to:
 Connect you with others who can be
empathetic and who have similar
experiences
 Provide helpful resources
 Share stories from external as well as
internal sources
 Be a part of a support network to promote a
better quality of life and develop a new life
outlook

6. RESOURCES:
Find a Rheumatologist:
http://ww2.rheumatology.org/directory/geo.asp
Video 1: American College of Rheumatology. “Is There a
Life with Pain?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFjNIqJ6Qjk
Video 2: American College of Rheumatology. “SimpleTasks.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFjNIqJ6Qjk
Video 3: American College of Rheumatology. “Simple Tasks:
Meet Michael Taffe.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jZSi-3e7ps