[RitaOK]

Thinking severe and long time Rheumatoid arthritis, and who knows what else that isn't visible, or known.

[Defiant]

That’s why she’s been dipping into the rhoomatiz medicine.

[blu]

RBG no doubt has arthritis, the really bad kind that deforms ones fingers. My aunt has it, her fingers sem to jig-jag at every joint. It hurts and she’s very aware of it, and does wear gloves to hide it.

RBG’s head/neck problems are related to osteoporosis. She has a hump from compression fractures in her spine, and she must not have been aware of what it would do to holding her head up. It makes it difficult to straighten one’s back up enough to hold one’s head high.

This clarification brought to you by someone who knows (and hopes the grim reaper reaches me before the family diseases do!)

[Bigg Red]

Mark